Alf Burrell

Alfred Collins Burrell (8 October 1922 – 29 September 2000) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Alf Burrell
Personal information
Full name Alfred Collins Burrell
Date of birth (1922-10-08)8 October 1922
Place of birth Geelong West, Victoria
Date of death 29 September 2000(2000-09-29) (aged 77)
Place of death Torquay, Victoria
Original team(s) West Geelong
Height 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1947–1948 Geelong 5 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1948.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Prior playing with Geelong, Burrell served in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II as a radio assistant stationed in the South West Pacific.[2]

Notes

  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 116. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than football : league players at war. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 266. ISBN 978-0-992379-14-8.
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