Alby Bahr (30 September 1881 – 14 November 1962) was an Australian rules footballer who played for

Norwood Football Club Norwood Football Club, nicknamed the Redlegs, is an Australian rules football club competing in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) in the state of South Australia. Its home ground is Coopers Stadium (Norwood Oval), which i ...

in the South Australian Football Association/League (SAFA/SAFL). Considered one of Norwood's finest players of the early 1900s, Bahr was recognised beyond his club by being appointed state captain in 1908 for

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for the inaugural interstate carnival held in

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. Bahr has been recognised posthumously as a significant player, being named in the Back Pocket in Norwood's Team of the Century and being inducted into the Norwood and

South Australian South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...

Halls of Fame.

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* Norwood Football Club players Australian rules footballers from South Australia 1881 births 1962 deaths People from South Australia South Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees {{AFL-bio-1881-stub