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Alec Crozier

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Alec Crozier
Personal information
Full name Alexander Wilson Crozier
Date of birth (1904-07-09)9 July 1904
Place of birth Kensington, Victoria
Date of death 16 June 1974(1974-06-16) (aged 69)
Place of death Yarraville, Victoria
Original team(s) Caulfield
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 88 kg (194 lb)
Position(s) Follower
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1926–27 Hawthorn 4 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1927.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Alexander Wilson Crozier (9 July 1904 – 16 June 1974) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Early life

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The son of John Crozier (1870–1930)[2] and Agnes Catherine Crozier, nee Alexander (1879–1948),[3] Alexander Wilson Crozier was born at Kensington on 9 July 1904.

Football

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Crozier joined Hawthorn at the start of the 1926 VFL season from Caulfield.[4] After spending almost all season in the reserves he played in the final game of the season against Melbourne.[5] Despite not making the senior squad at the start of the year[6] he was frequently named in the better players in the reserves in 1927 and played another three senior games.

Later life

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In 1934 Alec Crozier married Lorna Pearl Tepper and they lived in various areas in Melbourne until his death in June 1974.[7] He was cremated at Fawkner Memorial Park.[8]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Family Notices". The Age. No. 23, 561. Victoria, Australia. 14 October 1930. p. 1.
  3. ^ "Family Notices". The Argus. No. 31, 727. Melbourne. 10 May 1948. p. 2.
  4. ^ "NOTES TROM THE CLUBS". The Argus. Melbourne. 3 April 1925. p. 6.
  5. ^ "FOOTBALL". The Argus. Melbourne. 10 September 1926. p. 5.
  6. ^ "FOOTBALL". The Argus. Melbourne. 25 April 1927. p. 7.
  7. ^ "AustralianFootball.com profile".
  8. ^ "Alexander Wilson Crozier". Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust.
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