Alby Yeo

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=October 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Alby Yeo

| image =

| fullname = Albert Yeo

| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|11|06|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|6|10|1929|11|06|df=y}}

| death_place = Barmera

| originalteam = West Adelaide

| height = 177 cm

| weight = 76 kg

| position = Back pocket

| guernsey = 36

| statsend = 1958

| years1 = 1958

| club1 = {{AFL Ess}}

| games_goals1 = 5 (0)

| careerhighlights =

}}

Albert Yeo (6 November 1929{{cite web |url=https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2504140/memorial-search?firstName=&lastName=yeo|title=Find A Grave}} – 10 June 2014{{cite web |title=Berri Barmera Council - YEO, ALBERT |url=https://www.berribarmera.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?u=153&c=58213 |website=www.berribarmera.sa.gov.au |accessdate=17 March 2020}}) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=978}} Essendon cleared Yeo to fellow VFL side St Kilda midway through the 1958 season, but he did not play any senior games for them.

Originally from Barmera in the Riverland region, he previously played for Glenelg and West Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League. He was named in the Riverland Football League's Team of the Century in 2009.{{cite news |last1=Charleton |first1=Graham |title=Legend of Local Football |url=https://issuu.com/riverlandweekly/docs/rw_235_june_28_2012/39 |accessdate=17 March 2020 |work=Riverland Weekly |date=28 June 2012 |page=39}}

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