Alec Mathieson

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]

Alec Mathieson
Personal information
Full name Alexander James Mathieson
Date of birth (1921-05-11)11 May 1921
Place of birth Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date of death 13 May 2022(2022-05-13) (aged 101)
Original team(s) 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

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

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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