Alec Mathieson

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer (1921–2022)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}

{{Use Australian English|date=July 2016}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Alec Mathieson

| image =

| fullname = Alexander James Mathieson

| birth_date = {{birth date |1921|05|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Colac, Victoria, Australia

| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|05|13|1921|05|11|df=y}}

| death_place =

| originalteam = RAAF / Newtown & Chilwell

| height = 180 cm

| weight = 83 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1944

| years1 = 1944

| club1 = {{AFL Gee}}

| games_goals1 = 7 (1)

| careerhighlights =

}}

Alexander James Mathieson (11 May 1921 – 13 May 2022)[https://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=GAWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geelongadvertiser.com.au%2Fsport%2Fafl%2Fgeelong-cats%2Fgeelong-in-mourning-for-oldest-living-past-player-alex-mathieson-after-his-death-at-age-of-101 Geelong mourns oldest living past player Alex Mathieson] {{subscription required}} was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=559}}

In the same year he played for Geelong he enlisted to serve in the Royal Australian Air Force in World War II.{{cite web |url=https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=986073&c=WW2 |title=World War II Roll:Alexander James Mathieson |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia}}