Alf Egan facts for kids
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| Full name | Alfred George Egan | ||
| Date of birth | 3 April 1910 | ||
| Place of birth | Wallacedale, near Condah, Victoria |
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| Date of death | 21 January 1962 (aged 51) | ||
| Place of death | Burnley, Victoria | ||
| Original team | Myamyn | ||
Alfred Egan (3 April 1910 – 21 January 1962) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family
The son of Edward Egan, and Margaret Egan, née Farrell, Alfred George Egan was born into the Gunditjmara indigenous community at Wallacedale, near Condah, in Western Victoria, on 3 April 1910.
Although his brother, Allan Edmund Egan (1914–1951), was cleared from "Melbourne Boys" to the North Melbourne Seconds in 1937, he did not play any senior VFL football.
He married Gweneth May Cavenagh in 1950.
Football
Egan was the first Indigenous Australian to play for Carlton and also the first to play with North Melbourne.
He appeared as a centre half-forward in the 1932 VFL Grand Final, as a replacement for an injured Jack Green, but wasn't able to steer his side to a win.
Death
He died at Burnley, Victoria on 21 January 1962.
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