Old Reds
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This is a list of "Old Reds", former students of the Uniting Church school Prince Alfred College in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Rhodes scholars
The Rhodes Scholarship is a postgraduate scholarship for study at Oxford University. As of 2023, PAC has educated 20 Rhodes Scholars throughout its 154 year history. Recipients who attended PAC include:
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Rhodes Scholar || Year awarded || College at Oxford || Ref | |||
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{{sortname|William Douglas|Allen}} (1914–2008) | 1937 | New College | |
{{sortname|Henry|Brose}} (1890–1965) | 1913 | Christ Church | |
{{sortname|Garry Leslie|Brown|nolink=1}} | 1964 | Magdalen | [https://dof.princeton.edu/about/clerk-faculty/emeritus/garry-leslie-brown Emeritus Professor Garry Brown], princeton.edu [https://dof.princeton.edu/sites/dof/files/Gary%20Leslie%20Brown%202011%20Book.pdf Honors Faculty Members], May 2011, princeton.edu |
{{sortname|Theodor Siegfried|Dorsch|nolink=1}} | 1933 | Christ Church | Hugh Trevor-Roper [https://books.google.com/books?id=t2j0CAAAQBAJ&dq=Theodor+Siegfried+Dorsch&pg=PA32 Theodor Siegfried Dorsch], "The Wartime Journals" |
{{sortname|David Wyke|Evans|nolink=1}} (1934-2024) | 1957 | New College | |
{{sortname|Henry|Fry|Henry Fry (anthropologist)}} (1886–1959) | 1909 | Balliol | |
Sir {{sortname|Brian |Hone}} (1907–1978) | 1930 | New College | |
{{sortname|Stanford|Howard|nolink=1}} | 1919 | Christ Church | |
{{sortname|Norman|Jolly}} (1882–1954) | 1904 | Balliol | |
{{sortname|Cecil|Madigan}} (1889–1947) | 1911 | Magdalen | |
{{sortname|Ryan Paul|Manuel|nolink=1}} | 2006 | Merton | |
{{sortname|Roger Gilbert|Opie}} (1927–1998) | 1951 | Christ Church | [https://www.adelaide.edu.au/script/adelaidean/archive/backissues/Adelaidean-1998-03-02.pdf Former Rhodes Scholar dies in Oxford], Adelaidean, Vol 7 No 2 (2 March 1998) pg.7 |
{{sortname|Renfrey|Potts}} (1925–2005) | 1948 | Queen's | |
{{sortname|Howard|Rayner}} (1896–1975) | 1916 | Balliol | |
{{sortname|David Alexander|Robertson|nolink=1}} | 1983 | Magdalen | |
{{sortname|Peter Lindsay|Rogers|nolink=1}} | 1963 | New College | |
{{sortname|Michael Ewers|Smyth|nolink=1}} | 1960 | Exeter | |
{{sortname|Mahesh|Umapathysivam|nolink=1}} | 2014 | St Peter's | |
{{sortname|Stephen Kidman|Wilkinson|nolink=1}} | 1982 | New College | |
Max Kirkby
|2023 |
Academia and education
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- Herbert Basedow (1881–1933), Anthropologist, geologist, explorer, politician
- C. J. Coventry (1991–), social historian
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/davies-harold-whitridge-9913 Harold Whitridge Davies] (1894-1946), professor of physiology
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ellis-frank-10114 Frank Ellis] (1886-1964), educationist
- Sir Brian Hone OBE FACE (1907–1978), Headmaster – Cranbrook School NSW and Melbourne Grammar School Vic
- David Horner (1948–), military and official historian
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/jauncey-leslie-cyril-6829 Leslie Cyril Jauncey] (1899-1959), Harvard Business School economist, Marxist and life-long friend of King O'Malley
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/pitt-george-henry-11432 George Henry Pitt] (1891-1972), librarian, archivist and historian,
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/rossiter-roger-james-12114 James Leonard Rossiter] (1887-1962), headmaster and freemason grand master
- Russel Ward (1914–1995), Marxist historian
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/west-reginald-arthur-12001 Reginald Arthur West] (1883-1964), headmaster of Adelaide High School
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wheatley-frederick-william-9059 Frederick William Wheatley] (1871–1955), science and mathematics teacher
Business and agriculture
- Sir [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bruce-sir-wallace-5402 Wallace Bruce] (1878-1944), insurance broker and commission merchant, chaired the 1932 advisory committee on unemployment
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/buring-theodor-gustav-hermann-3115 Hermann Paul Leopold (Leo) Buring] (1876-1961), winemaker and councillor
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/davey-arnold-edwin-5890 Arnold Edwin Davey] (1862-1920), businessman and arbitrator
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/collins-arthur-leonard-art-12851 Arthur Leonard (Art) Collins] (1896-1969), pastoralist and sheep breeder
- Tim Cooper (1955–), CEO of Coopers Brewery[http://www.coopers.com.au/aboutUs.php?pid=2 Tim Cooper] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070828003141/http://www.coopers.com.au/aboutUs.php?pid=2 |date=28 August 2007 }}, www.coopers.com.au
- Glenn Cooper (1952–), Executive Chairman of Coopers Brewery[http://www.coopers.com.au/aboutUs.php?pid=3 Glenn Cooper] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070828022654/http://www.coopers.com.au/aboutUs.php?pid=3 |date=28 August 2007 }}, www.coopers.com.au
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/darling-harold-gordon-5884 Harold Gordon Darling] (1885-1950), CEO of John Darling and Son, chairman of the board of B.H.P, founding member of the Institute of Public Affairs.
- Sir Hugh Robert Denison (1865-1940), tobacco manufacturer, newspaper proprietor and member of the House of Assembly SA and NSW.
- Sir [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/gepp-sir-herbert-william-bert-6298 Herbert William (Bert) Gepp] (1877-1954), mining metallurgist and manager, public servant, industrialist and publicist,
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/gerard-kenneth-edward-ken-19597 Kenneth Edward (Ken) Gerard (1912–1993)], businessman, electrician and philanthropist
- Robert Gerard, businessman, previously Chairman of Gerard Industries
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/harvey-hubert-harold-10451 Hubert Harold Harvey] (1913-1968), prolific businessman and key figure in Santos Ltd
- Howard Frederick Hobbs (1902-1982), inventor of automatic transmission
- Sidney Edwin Hocking (1859-1935), newspaper proprietor
- Sir Edward Holden (1885–1947), Founder of Holden, vehicle manufacturer
- Sir [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/isaachsen-sir-oscar-lionel-10593 Oscar Lionel Isaachsen] (1885-1951), banker and anti-communist campaigner
- Norman William Jolly (1882-1954), forester
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/kelly-william-stanley-7089 William Stanley Kelly] (1882–1969), agricultural industry representative
- Sir [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/melrose-sir-john-7555 John Melrose] (1860-1938), pastoralist
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mcgregor-harold-waddell-11409 Harold Waddell McGregor] (1898-1978), woolbroker
- Sir [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mcgregor-sir-james-robert-10961 James Robert McGregor] (1889-1973), woolbroker
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/preece-john-lloyd-8509 John Lloyd Preece] (1895-1969), bookseller and publisher
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/seppelt-oscar-benno-11658 Oscar Benno Seppelt] (1873-1963), winemaker and viticulturist, CEO of Seppeltsfield, president of the South Australian Chamber of Manufactures (1930-32) and of the Associated Chambers of Manufactures of Australia (1933)
- Greg Siegele, Co-founder of Ratbag Games Pty Ltd
- Sir [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/smart-sir-eric-fleming-11715 Eric Fleming Smart] (1911-1973), wheat-farmer and grazier
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/taylor-harry-samuel-8757 Harry Samuel Taylor] (1873-1932), newspaper-owner, Christian Socialists and White Australia advocate
- William Edward Wainwright (1873-1959), mining and metallurgical engineer, government adviser
Clergy
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cocks-nicholas-john-5706 Nicholas John Cocks] (1867-1925), Congregational minister and early advocate for the Uniting Church
- Ernest Henry Woollacott (1888–1977), Methodist minister, president (1949-50) of the State committee of the World Council of Churches and a founder of Westminster School, Adelaide
Entertainment and the arts
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- Sir John Ashton, OBE, ROI (1881–1963), Painter and Director of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales
- Charles Baeyertz (1866–1943), publisher of The Triad, critic and broadcaster
- Chris Bailey (1950–2013), bass guitarist with ARIA award-winning Australian Bands 'The Angels' and 'GANGgajang'{{cite book |last=McFarlane |first=Ian |title=The encyclopedia of Australian Rock And Pop |year=1999 |publisher=Allen & Unwin |location=Australia |isbn=1-86448-768-2 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofau00mcfa/page/18 18,242] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofau00mcfa/page/18 }}
- Gustave Adrian Barnes (1877-1921), artist
- David Basheer, association football (soccer) commentator and analyst{{cite web | title=David Basheer | website=Prince Alfred College | date=10 December 2020 | url=https://pac.edu.au/community/princes-men-gallery/david-basheer/ | access-date=21 July 2023}}
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/buring-theodor-gustav-hermann-3115 Adolph Wilhelm Rudolph (Rudi)] (1872-1950), horticultural sketcher and industrialist
- John Henry Chinner (1865–1933), caricaturist and PAC board member
- Norman Chinner (1909-1961), organist and conductor
- Sir Thomas Melrose Coombe (1873-1959), businessman, film exhibitor and philanthropist
- Bob Francis (1939–2016), radio presenter, FIVEaa
- Robert Hannaford, AM (1944–), portrait painter and sculptor
- Sir Ivor Hele (1912–1993), war artist and prolific portraitist
- Sir Robert Helpmann, CBE (1909–1986), Ballet dancer, actor, director and choreographer
- Laurence Hotham Howie (1876-1963), artist and teacher, president of the (Royal) South Australian Society of Arts in 1927-32 and 1935-37
- Reginald Charles (Rex) Ingamells (1913-1955), poet and editor
- Graham Jenkin, poet, composer and historian
- Hayley Lever (1876–1958), painter
- Adam Liaw (1978–), lawyer and winner of 2010 MasterChef Australia
- Rex Heading (1929–2010), the creator of Humphrey B. Bear whose show won two Logies; former managing director of Channel Nine[http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/creator-of-our-bestloved-bear-20101027-173wn.html Creator of our best-loved bear], Rex Heading obituary, Sydney Morning Herald, 28 October 2010
[http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/obituaries-rex-heading-joe-day-and-lyn-mcevoy/news-story/8b3f1fc7ba00619b59d49b637bf53693 Obituary], www.adelaidenow.com.au, 15 January 2011
Exploration
- Duncan Chessell (1970–), Mountaineer
- Cecil Madigan (1889–1947), explorer, Geologist, Rhodes Scholar, University Lecturer
- Andrew Martin (1951–), Marathon swimmer, first recorded solo crossing of the treacherous Backstairs Passage between Cape Jervis and Kangaroo Island.{{cite journal|last1=Bye|first1=John T.|last2=Carvalho Junior|first2=Oldemar|title=The first recorded successful cross Backstairs Passage swim: research note [Andrew Martin's swim is a unique entry in the annals of South Australian exploration.]|journal=South Australian Geographical Journal|year=1996|volume= 95|issue=1996|pages=70–74|url=https://search.informit.org/documentSummary;dn=980201500;res=IELAPA;subject=Earth%20sciences|ref=ISSN 1030-0481}}
Judiciary, civic leadership and public service
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- Hugh Thomas Moffitt Angwin (1888-1949), engineer and public servant
- Harold Boas (1883–1980), Perth architect, town planner and Jewish community leader
- Edward Erskine Cleland (1869-1943), barrister and justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/coombe-reginald-joseph-reg-12349 Reginald Joseph (Reg) Coombe] (1899-1985), magistrate
- Sir Russell John Dumas (1887-1975), public servant and engineer
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/harris-allan-cuthbert-bluey-18448 Allan Cuthbert Harris] (1904–1996), forester, public servant, and government-enterprise manager
- Elliott Johnston (1918-2011), Justice of the South Australian Supreme Court and the only openly communist judge in Australian history, Commissioner of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (1989–91)
- Alexander Melrose (1865-1944), solicitor, writer and patron of the arts
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/piper-harold-bayard-11430 Harold Bayard Piper] (1894-1953), chief judge of the Arbitration Court 1941-47
- Sir Herbert Angas Parsons (1872-1945), Justice of the Supreme Court of SA, member of the House of Assembly
- Sir Geoffrey Reed (1892–1970), judge in the Supreme Court of South Australia, first Director-General of ASIO
Politics
=Federal=
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- Cory Bernardi (1969–), Senator for South Australia from 2006 to 2020
- Gordon Bilney (1939-2012), Labor member of the House of Representatives, Minister for Defence Science and Personnel from 1990 to 1993, Minister for Development Cooperation and Pacific Island Affairs from 1993 to 1996, OECD official, High Commissioner to the West Indies
- Grant Chapman (1949–), Member for Division of Kingston (1975–1983) and Senator for South Australia (1988–2008)
- John Chapman (1879-1931), Country Party senator for South Australia
- David Combe (1943–2019), National Secretary of the Australian Labor Party from 1973 to 1981.
- David Fawcett (1963-), Liberal Senator for South Australia, former assistant minister for defence
- Joel Moses Gabb (1882–1951), Labor then independent member of the House of Representatives, agrarian socialist turned facist
- Clive Hannaford (1903-1967), Liberal and independent senator for South Australia from 1950 to 1967.
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/kelly-charles-robert-bert-32503 Charles Robert Kelly] (1912–1997), politician, farmer and columnist, Nationals MP 1958-77, minister of works, minister of the navy
- Sir [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mcbride-sir--philip-albert-15051 Philip Albert Martin McBride] (1892–1982), member of the House of Representatives (1931-43;46-58), minister of defence 1950-58
- Horace Keyworth Nock (1879–1958), Country Party member of House of Representatives
- Rex Pearson (1905-1961), Liberal senator for South Australia
- Nick Xenophon (1959-), Senator for South Australia from 2008 to 2017.
- Sir Harold Young (1923-2006), senator for South Australia, President of the Senate from 1981 to 1983.
=State=
- Sir John Lavington Bonython (1875–1960), editor of The Advertiser, Lord Mayor of Adelaide (1927–1930)
- Francis Cotton (1857-1942), founding member of the NSW Labor Party, unionist, later Free Trade politician
- John Lancelot Cowan, Member for the District of Southern Districts (1949–1959) in the South Australian Legislative Council
- Fraser Ellis (1992-), Independent member of the House of Assembly
- Edward Allan Farquhar (1871-1935), Councillor, Alderman and Chair of Finance on the Port Adelaide City Councilhttps://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/PRG+280/1/33/252
- Charles Glover (1870–1936), first Lord Mayor of the City of Adelaide (1919)
- Hermann Robert (1874-1964), member of the Legislative Council, two-time SA attorney-general, minister for industry
- Sir Shirley Williams Jeffries (1886-1963), SA attorney-general, minister of education, and minister of industry and employment.
- George Richards Laffer (1866-1933), minister and Speaker of the House of Assembly
- Nick McBride, independent member of the Legislative Assembly
- Sir Alexander Lyell McEwin (1897-1988), member of SA parliament 1934-1975, chief secretary, minister for mines, minister for health
- Major-General Sir Newton Moore KCMG (1870–1936), eighth Premier of Western Australia, World War I general, member of the UK House of Commons
- Sir Frank Tennyson Perry (1887–1965), member of the legislative council, industrialist, wartime public servant.
- Robert Thomson Robinson (1867-1926), WA attorney-general, minister for mines, minister for industry
- Crawford Vaughan (1874-1947), Premier of South Australia 1915-17
- John Howard Vaughan (1879–1955), union leader and Attorney-General of South Australia
- Sir Frederick William Young (1876-1948), member of the South Australian House of Assembly 1902-05 and 1909-15, commissioner of crown lands and immigration in 1912-14, South Australian agent-general in London 1915-18, member of the House of Commons 1918-22.
Medical, mathematics, natural and social sciences
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- Herbert Basedow (1881–1933), anthropologist, geologist, explorer, politician
- Isaac Herbert Boas (1878-1955), botanist
- Roger Brissenden (1962–) Deputy Director, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
- Henry Brose (1890–1965), physicist, translator, pathologist, biochemist, academic, Rhodes Scholar
- Thomas Draper Campbell (1893-1967), professor of dentistry and anthropologist
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cheek-donald-brook-12310 Donald Brook Cheek] (1924-1990), medical scientist and paediatrician
- Charles Chewings (1859-1937), geologist and anthropologist
- Sir Raphael Cilento, medical practitioner and public health administrator
- Sir John Burton Cleland, CBE (1878–1971), Naturalist, microbiologist, mycologist, ornithologist, Professor of Pathology
- Sir Darcy Rivers Warren Cowan (1885-1958), medical practitioner
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dibden-william-andrew-bill-18266 William Andrew Dibden] (1914–1993), psychiatrist
- Hugo Flecker (1884-1957), medical practitioner, radiotherapist, toxicologist and natural historian
- Henry Fry, DSO (1886–1959), Physician, anthropologist, Rhodes Scholar
- Bill Griggs, AM, ASM, doctor
- Herbert Mathew Hale (1895-1963), Director of the South Australian Museumhttps://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001896b.htmhttps://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+6069
- Brian Kenneth Hobbs (1937–2004), doctor
- Frank Sandland Hone (1871-1951), medical practitioner
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/jeffries-lewis-wibmer-6833 Lewis Wibmer Jeffries] (1884-1971), medical practitioner and soldier
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- Lionel Logue, CVO (1880–1953), speech therapist who successfully treated King George VI's stammer, portrayed in The King's speech
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/jauncey-george-eric-13006 George Eric Macdonnell Jauncey] (1888-1947), physicist
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/martin-peter-gordon-18995 Peter Gordon Martin] (1923–1994), botanist and geneticist
- Howard Rayner (1896–1975), doctor
- Brian Sando OAM (1936-2012), sports doctor for the Adelaide Football Club, Redlegs and Australian Olympics team.https://www.afc.com.au/news/759664/farewell-honours-dr-sando
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/shepherd-arthur-edmund-8412 Arthur Edmund Shepherd] (1867-1942), medical practitioner and army medical officer
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/smith-julian-augustus-923 Julian Augustus Smith] (1873-1947), surgeon and photographer
- Con Stough, Professor of Psychology – Swinburne University
- John Burnard West (1928– ), respiratory physiologist
- John Raymond Wilton (1884-1944), Elder Professor of Mathematics at the University of Adelaide.
- Traugott Bernhard Zwar (1876-1947), surgeon
Military
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cox-ronald-hubert-27534 Ronald Hubert Cox] (1914–1992), air force officer and city inspector
- Major General Steve Gower AO (1940–), Director of the Australian War Memorial 1996–2011
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/lees-ronald-beresford-17621 Ronald Beresford Lees] (1910-1991), air force officer
- Major-General Sir Newton Moore KCMG (1870–1936), eighth Premier of Western Australia, World War I general, member of the UK House of Commons 1918-23, 1924-34.
- John Alexander Raws, journalist and WW1 diarist, killed in action 23 August 1916 at Pozieres – no known grave"Hail and Farewell – Letters from Two Brothers Killed in France in 1916", Ed. Margaret Young and Bill Gammage, Kangaroo Press 1995 {{ISBN|0-86417-707-0}}. Also "Records of an Australian Lieutenant 1915–16", privately published.
- Lieutenant Leonard Taplin, DFC, World War fighter ace, pioneer aerial photographer and aerial cartographer
- Captain Hugo Vivian Hope Throssell, VC (1884–1933), soldier, farmer{{cite encyclopedia| last = Welborn| first = Suzanne | encyclopedia = Australian Dictionary of Biography| title = Throssell, Hugo Vivian Hope (1884–1933)| url = http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120247b.htm | access-date = 23 January 2008| edition = Online | year = 1990| publisher = Melbourne University Press| volume = 12| location = Melbourne | pages = 223–224}}
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/waite-william-charles-nightingale-8948 William Charles Nightingale Waite] (1880-1973), soldier and auctioneer
Sports
=Cricket=
- Greg Blewett (born 1971)
- Greg Chappell, MBE (born 1948), Australian captain 1975–1977, 1979–1983
- Ian Chappell (born 1943), Australian captain 1971–1975
- Trevor Chappell (born 1952)
- Joe Darling, CBE (1870–1946), Australian captain 1899–1902, 1902–1903, 1905
- Rick Darling (born 1957)
- Simon Douglas Fry (umpire 2001–)
- Clem Hill (1877–1945), Australian captain 1910–1912
- Tim May (born 1962)
- Howard Rayner (1896–1975)
- Paul Rofe (born 1981)
- James Smith (born 1988)
- Ashley Woodcock (born 1947)
=Australian rules football=
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- Edward Charles Atkins (1873–1966) Norwood (SA Premiers 1894), Sturt, West Perth (WA Premiers 1897), East Fremantle (WA)australianfootball.com player profile [https://australianfootball.com/players/player/edward+atkins/18991] and Norwood Football Club player profile [http://www.redlegsmuseum.com.au/ON_FIELD/PLAYERS/ATKINSEdward.aspx]
- Zac Bailey (1999–), Brisbane Football Club 2018– ; AFL premiership player 2024
- Kade Chandler (2000–), Melbourne Demons 2019–
- Riley Bonner (1997–), Port Adelaide Football Club 2016–2023 (93 Games, 13 Goals); St. Kilda Football Club 2024 (19 Games, 1 Goal) - Total: 112 Games, 14 Goals {{cite web |title=Riley Bonner |website=AFL Tables |url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/R/Riley_Bonner.html}}
- James Borlase (2002–), Adelaide Crows 2021–
- Mitch Crowden (1999–), Fremantle Football Club 2018–2022 (42 Games, 15 Goals)
- Peter Dalwood, Norwood, Fitzroy 1945 (7 Games, 12 Goals),{{cite web | url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/P/Peter_Dalwood.html | title=AFL Tables - Peter Dalwood - Stats - Statistics }} South Australia
- Peter Darley (1944–) South Adelaide (206 games); premiership winners 1964, captain 1967–1969, 1971. 7 times best and fairest, leading goalkicker 1974
- Rick Davies (1952–) South Australia (20 games, Captain 1980); SANFL: Sturt (317), South Adelaide (33); VFL: Hawthorn 1981 (20 Games, 37 Goals)
- Sam Day (1992–), Gold Coast Suns 2011–2024 (155 Games, 117 Goals); Brisbane Lions 2025-;{{Cite web |title=AFL Tables - Sam Day - Stats - Statistics |url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/S/Sam_Day.html |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=afltables.com}} Inaugural member of the Gold Coast Suns
- Aaron Francis (1997–), Essendon Football Club (35 Games, 6 Goals); Sydney Swans 2023-
- George Hewett (1995–), Sydney Swans Football Club 2016–2021 (120 Games, 32 Goals); Carlton Blues 2022-
- Wayne Jackson (1944–), CEO of the AFL (1996–2003)
- Craig Kelly (1966–), Collingwood
- Ed Lower (1987–), North Melbourne KangaroosTwins Ed and Nick Lower both attended St. Ignatius' College, Adelaide prior to completing their education at PAC. 2006–2010 (42 Games, 16 Goals){{cite web | url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/E/Ed_Lower.html | title=AFL Tables - ed Lower - Stats - Statistics }}
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- Nick Lower (1987–), Port Adelaide 2006–2009 (20 Games, 0 Goals); Fremantle Dockers 2011–2012 (22 Games, 9 Goals); Western Bulldogs 2013 (13 Games, 2 Goals) – Total (55 Games, 11 Goals){{cite web | url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/N/Nick_Lower.html | title=AFL Tables - Nick Lower - Stats - Statistics }}
- Rodney Maynard (1966–), Adelaide Crows
- Kane McAuliffe (2005-) Richmond Football Club 2023-
- Ian McKay (1923–2010), North Adelaide (164 Games, 45 Goals, Captain 1948–1955); South Australia (14 Games, Captain 1950–1951); 1950 Magarey Medalist.
- John Mossop (1959), Geelong 1979–1986 (134 Games, 87 Goals); North Melbourne 1987–1988 (37 Games, 15 Goals) – Total (171 Games, 102 Goals); Carji Greeves Medalist 1982
- Kysaiah Pickett (2001–)- Melbourne Football Club 2020–; AFL premiership player 2021
- David Pittman (1969–), Adelaide Crows 1992–1999 (131 Games, 34 Goals);{{cite web | url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/D/David_Pittman.html | title=AFL Tables - David Pittman - Stats - Statistics }} 2× AFL premiership player 1997, 1998
- Loch Rawlinson[https://www.westcoasteagles.com.au/players/10275/loch-rawlinson](2005-) West Coast Eagles 2023-
- Kym Russell (1968–), Collingwood Magpies 1991 (3 Games, 1 Goal){{cite web | url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/K/Kym_Russell.html | title=AFL Tables - Kym Russell - Stats - Statistics }}
- Scott Russell (1970–), Collingwood Magpies 1990–1998 (182 Games, 107 Goals); Sydney Swans 1999 (16 Games, 8 Goals) – Total (198 Games, 115 Goals);{{cite web | url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/S/Scott_Russell.html | title=AFL Tables - Scott Russell - Stats - Statistics }} AFL premiership player 1990
- Luke Pedlar (2002-) Adelaide Crows 2021-
- Harry Schoenberg (2001–), Adelaide Football Club 2020–
- Tom Sparrow (2000–) Melbourne Football Club 2019–; AFL premiership player 2021
- Luke Tapscott (1991–), Melbourne Demons 2011–2014 (48 Games, 12 Goals){{cite web | url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/L/Luke_Tapscott.html | title=AFL Tables - Luke Tapscott - Stats - Statistics }}
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- Jack Trengove (1991–), Melbourne Demons (86 Games, 39 Goals, 2010–2017), Captain of Melbourne FC (2012–2013), youngest Captain in VFL/AFL history
- Bernie Vince (1985–), Adelaide Crows 2006–2013 (129 Games, 80 Goals) Melbourne Demons 2014–2018 (100 Games, 33 Goals) – Total (229 Games, 113 Goals); 2009 Malcolm Blight Medalist, 2015 Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medalist
- Jack Viney (1994–), Melbourne Demons 2013– Co-Captain (2017–2019); AFL premiership player 2021; 2x Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medalist 2016 & 2024
- Tim Weatherald (1977–) Sturt and Norwood Football Club (SANFL), Magarey Medallist 2002[http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/sa/content/2003/s920571.htm Memories for Sturt Football Club as Amrozi is sentenced] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080110151256/http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/sa/content/2003/s920571.htm |date=10 January 2008 }}, Ian Henschke, Stateline South Australia, Broadcast 8 August 2003. Retrieved 28 June 2007
- Tex Wanganeen (2003-) Essendon Football Club 2022-2024 (5 Games, 1 Goal){{Cite web |title=AFL Tables - Tex Wanganeen - Stats - Statistics |url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/T/Tex_Wanganeen.html |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=afltables.com}}
=Association football=
=Rowing=
- Dr. Matthew Bolt (1986–), former Australian Under 23 Rower, stroke of the 2011 Bronze medal winning South Australian Kings Cup crew, member of 2012 Bronze medal winning Kings Cup crew, former Captain of Adelaide University Boat Club
- Alexander Hill (1993–), Current Australian Rowing Team member, Olympic Silver Medallist (Rio 2016) M4–, World Cup Medallist, Australian Under 23 Rower, 2011/2012 Bronze medal winning Kings Cup crew member, former Under 19 World Champion{{citation needed|date=July 2012}}
- Brian Richardson (1948–), former Olympic Rower, Montreal 1976 and Moscow 1980{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}
Noted members of staff
=Headmasters=
- William Bayly
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/chapple-frederic-5559 Frederic Chapple] (1845–1924)
- John Anderson Hartley (1844–1896), (second headmaster, but first without supervision)
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ward-john-frederick-8984 John Frederick Ward] (1883–1954) (also the history teacher)
=Teachers=
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ashton-james-5068 James Ashton] (1859–1935), art
- Sir Frederick William Holder (1850–1909)
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/leschen-heinrich-adolph-13043 Heinrich Adolph Leschen] (1836–1916), gymnastics
- Martin McKinnon (1975-), history
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/porter-harold-edward-hal-15483 Harold Edward Porter] (1911-1984), English
- Richard Sanders Rogers (1861-1942), science
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wheatley-frederick-william-9059 Frederick William Wheatley] (1871–1955), science and mathematics
=Governors=
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/piper-arthur-william-8507 Arthur William Piper] (1865–1936), judge
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/piper-thomas-8053 Thomas Piper] (1835–1928), clergyman
=Foundation council=
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/gerard-william-geoffrey-geoff-19598 William Geoffrey Gerard (1907–1994)], businessman and philanthropist
=Founders and early figures=
- Sir John Colton (1823–1902), Premier of South Australia
- George Witherage Cotton (1821–1892), politician, land dealer and Christain Socialist
- Sir Thomas Elder (1818-1897), businessman, pastoralist and public benefactor
- Daniel Garlick (1818-1902), architect
- William McMinn (1844-1884), surveyor and architect
- T. G. Waterhouse (1811-1885), businessman, investor and philanthropist
- [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/watsford-john-4809 John Watsford] (1820-1907), Wesleyan minister
References
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- [http://www.pac.edu.au Prince Alfred College]
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