Alby Bahr

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

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| name = Alby Bahr

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| fullname = John Albert Bahr

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1881|09|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Yanyarrie, South Australia

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1962|11|14|1881|09|30|df=y}}

| death_place = Magill, South Australia

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| statsend = 1912

| coachstatsend = 1912

| years1 = 1902-1912

| club1 = Norwood

| games_goals1 = 132 (49)

| games_goalstotal = 132 (49)

| coachyears1 = 1907-1908, 1911-1912

| coachclub1 = Norwood

| coachgames_wins1 = 48 (29–18–1)

| sooyears1 = 1905-1912

| sooteam1 = South Australia

| soogames_goals1 = 8 (0)

| careerhighlights =

• 4x Norwood premiership player 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907
• Norwood premiership captain-coach 1907
• Norwood Captain 1907-1910, 1912
• South Australia Captain (1908 Melbourne Carnival)
• 2x Norwood Best and Fairest 1904, 1908
• Norwood Team of the Century (Back Pocket)
• South Australian Football Hall of Fame inaugural inductee 2002
• Norwood Hall of Fame inductee
• Norwood Player Life Member

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Alby Bahr (30 September 1881 – 14 November 1962) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Norwood Football Club in the South Australian Football Association/League (SAFA/SAFL). Considered one of Norwood's finest players of the early 1900s,{{cite web |title=PLAYERS - BAHR, John (Alby) |url=http://www.redlegsmuseum.com.au/ON_FIELD/PLAYERS/BAHRJohnAlby.aspx |website=Redlegs Museum |publisher=Media 235 |accessdate=31 May 2020}} Bahr was recognised beyond his club by being appointed state captain in 1908 for South Australia for the inaugural interstate carnival held in Melbourne. Bahr has been recognised posthumously as a significant player, being named in the Back Pocket in Norwood's Team of the Century and being inducted into the Norwood and South Australian Halls of Fame.{{cite web |title=JOHN A. (ALBY) BAHR |url=https://sanfl.com.au/inside-sanfl/hall-of-fame/john-a-alby-bahr/ |website=South Australian Football Hall of Fame |publisher=SANFL |accessdate=31 May 2020}}