Alby Paterson

Albert Henry Paterson (4 March 1875 – 16 April 1920) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) and Victorian Football League (VFL).[1] He later moved to the Western Australian goldfields, where he played for Mines Rovers in the Goldfields Football League.

Alby Paterson
Personal information
Full name Albert Henry Paterson
Date of birth (1875-03-04)4 March 1875
Place of birth Happy Valley, Victoria
Date of death 16 April 1920(1920-04-16) (aged 45)
Place of death Trafalgar, Western Australia
Original team(s) Ascot Vale
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1897 Carlton 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1897.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

He enlisted in the Australian army in December 1916 and was transported to France to join the 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company during World War I. He contacted pneumonia on 1918 and was discharged from the army in 1919 due to being medically unfit to serve. He died from gas poisoning in April 1920.[2]

Notes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 651. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  2. De Bolfo, Tony (18 January 2016). "Patty' joins ranks of Carlton's Great Fallen".


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