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Alec Mathieson

Alexander James Mathieson was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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Alec Mathieson
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Full name Alexander James Mathieson
Born (1921-05-11)11 May 1921
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Died 13 May 2022(2022-05-13) (aged 101)
Original teams RAAF / Newtown & Chilwell
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1944 Geelong 7 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1944.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Alexander James Mathieson (11 May 1921 – 13 May 2022)1 was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).2

In the same year he played for Geelong he enlisted to serve in the Royal Australian Air Force in World War II.3

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Notes

  1. Geelong mourns oldest living past player Alex Mathieson (subscription required)
  2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 559. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  3. "World War II Roll:Alexander James Mathieson". Commonwealth of Australia.
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