Alec Morgan
{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1908}}
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{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Alec Morgan
| image =
| fullname = Alexander Mitchell Morgan
| birth_date = {{birth date|1908|06|05|df=y}}
| birth_place = Castlemaine, Victoria
| death_date = {{death date and age|1957|03|10|1908|06|05|df=y}}
| death_place = Royal Melbourne Hospital,
Parkville, Victoria
| height =
| weight =
| originalteam = Yarrawonga
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| statsend = 1932
| years1 = 1932
| club1 = {{AFL Haw}}
| games_goals1 = 1 (0)
| careerhighlights =
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Alexander Mitchell Morgan (5 June 1908 – 10 March 1957) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main(2014), p.628.
Family
The son of David Morgan, and Mary Moir Morgan, née Mitchell, Alexander Mitchell Morgan was born at Castlemaine, Victoria on 5 June 1908.
He married Estell Mavis Hartshorn (1915–present) at Mildura on 16 April 1935.
Football
Recruited from Yarrawonga,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article182146930 |title=Senior Footballers Hampered by Mud in Final Practice Games |newspaper=Sporting Globe |issue=1011 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=16 April 1932 |page=3}} Morgan played in Hawthorn's Round 1 game against Collingwood.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article242798417 |title=COLLINGWOOD TOO STEADY |newspaper=The Herald |issue=17,146 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=30 April 1932 |page=3}} He was dropped to the Seconds and did not manage another senior game.
Military service
Morgan later served in the Australian Army during World War II.Nominal Roll.
Death
Notes
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References
- {{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}}
- [https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=563329&c=WW2 World War Two Nominal Roll: Alexander Mitchell Morgan (VX16983), Department of Veterans' Affairs.]
- [https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=516535&c=WW2#R World War Two Nominal Roll: Warrant Officer Class 1 Alexander Mitchell Morgan (VX114817), Department of Veterans' Affairs.]
- B883, VX114817: World War Two Service Record: Alexander Mitchell Morgan (VX114817), National Archives of Australia.
- B884, VX16983: World War Two Service Record: Alexander Mitchell Morgan (VX16983), National Archives of Australia.
External links
- {{AFL Tables|ref=A/Alec_Morgan.html}}
- {{AustralianFootball|ref=alec%2Bmorgan/5441}}
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Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Category:Hawthorn Football Club players
Category:Yarrawonga Football Club players
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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