Alan Gilmour (footballer)

Alan Gilmour (18 November 1911 – 1 September 1962) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Alan Gilmour
Personal information
Full name Alan Gilmour
Date of birth (1911-11-18)18 November 1911
Place of birth South Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death 1 September 1962(1962-09-01) (aged 50)
Place of death Brighton East, Victoria
Original team(s) Elsternwick (MAFA)
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1932–1933 South Melbourne 10 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1933.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of William Harold Gilmour (1876–1957), and Annie Elizabeth Gilmour (1879–1958), née Jewell,[2] Alan Gilmour was born at South Melbourne on 18 November 1911.

He married Joan Lytton Reed (1913–2007) on 17 July 1937.[3]

Football

Elsternwick (MAFA)

While playing with the Elsternwick Football Club in the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA) he was selected in the Victorian (MAFA) 1931 representative side to play against the South Australian (SAAFL) side, at the M.C.G., on 8 June 1931,[4][5] and in the MAFA 1932 representative side to play against the SAAFL side, at the Norwood Oval, on 6 June 1932.[6][7][8]

South Melbourne (VFL)

On the training list at South Melbourne for the 1932 season,[9] he played a number of games in the Second XVIII, and played his first senior game, on the half-back flank, against Melbourne, at the MCG, on 23 July 1932, as a last-miniute replacement for the injured Hugh McLaughlin.

Gilmour, a printer/compositor by trade,[10] retired from VFL football in 1934, having served his apprenticeship at The Emerald Hill Record, and having gained employment with The Argus newspaper.[11]

Death

He died at Brighton East, Victoria on 1 September 1962.[12]

Notes
  1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.320.
  2. Marriages: Gilmour—Jewell, The Age, (Saturday, 7 May 1904), p.5.
  3. Gilmour—Reed, The Argus, (Monday, 19 July 1937), p.3.
  4. Vacations Upset Amateur Form, The Sporting Globe, (Wednesday, 27 May 1931), p.9.
  5. Interstate Amateur Game: The Men who will Play on Monday, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 6 June 1931), p.6.
  6. The Lay-By System: Leading Amateur for South: Gilmour, of Elsternwick, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 12 March 1932), p.1.
  7. Gilmour in Victorian Amateur Team, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 28 May 1932), p.1.
  8. 'Rover', "Inter-State Match on Holiday", The (Adelaide) Advertiser, (Friday, 3 June 1932), p.7.
  9. Souths Final List, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 30 April 1932), p.1.
  10. More Enlistments from South Melbourne, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 29 June 1940), p.1.
  11. Business Before Pleasure: Alan Gilmour May Be Non-Starter, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 31 March 1934), p.5.
  12. Deaths: Gilmour, The Age, (Monday, 3 September 1962), p.14.

References
  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  • World War Two Nominal Roll: Private Alan Gilmour (VX43145), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
  • World War Two Nominal Roll: Leading Aircraftsman Alan Gilmour (53176), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
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