Alec Crozier
{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1904}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Alec Crozier
| image =
| fullname = Alexander Wilson Crozier
| birth_date = {{birth date|1904|7|9|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kensington, Victoria
| death_date = {{death date and age|1974|6|16|1904|7|9|df=y}}
| death_place = Yarraville, Victoria
| originalteam = Caulfield
| height = 188 cm
| weight = 88 kg
| position = Follower
| guernsey = 28
| statsend = 1927
| years1 = 1926–27
| club1 = {{AFL Haw}}
| games_goals1 = 4 (0)
| careerhighlights =
}}
Alexander Wilson Crozier (9 July 1904 – 16 June 1974) was an Australian rules footballer who played with {{AFL Haw}} 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}}
Early life
The son of John Crozier (1870–1930){{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202243364 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=The Age |issue=23,561 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=14 October 1930 |page=1}} and Agnes Catherine Crozier, nee Alexander (1879–1948),{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22543176 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=The Argus |issue=31,727 |location=Melbourne |date=10 May 1948 |page=2}} Alexander Wilson Crozier was born at Kensington on 9 July 1904.
Football
Crozier joined Hawthorn at the start of the 1926 VFL season from Caulfield.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2073641 |title=NOTES TROM THE CLUBS. |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=3 April 1925 |page=6}} After spending almost all season in the reserves he played in the final game of the season against Melbourne.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3808153 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=10 September 1926 |page=5}} Despite not making the senior squad at the start of the year{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3850782 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=25 April 1927 |page=7}} he was frequently named in the better players in the reserves in 1927 and played another three senior games.
Later life
In 1934 Alec Crozier married Lorna Pearl Tepper and they lived in various areas in Melbourne until his death in June 1974.{{cite web |url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/alec%2Bcrozier/4550 |title=AustralianFootball.com profile}} He was cremated at Fawkner Memorial Park.{{cite web |url=https://www.gmct.com.au/deceased/1001840 |title=Alexander Wilson Crozier |publisher=Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust}}
References
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External links
- {{AFL Tables|ref=A/Alec_Crozier.html}}
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Category:Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Category:Hawthorn Football Club players
Category:People from Kensington, Victoria
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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