Albert Henry Outen (6 December 1902 – 21 July 1972) was an
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
er who played with
Footscray in the
Victorian Football Association
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(VFA) and
Victorian Football League
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(VFL) during the 1920s.
Family
The youngest of the six children of Charles George Outen (1856-1929), and Bridget Outen, née Cross, Albert Henry Outen was born at
Williamstown, Victoria
Williamstown is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Hobsons Bay local government area. Williamstown recorded a population of 14,407 at the 2021 census.
H ...
on 6 December 1902.
* His brother,
Charles Whynam "Wyn" Outen (1880-1964), played for St Klda in the VFL and for Williamstown in the VFA; Wyn played (alongside his brother Matt) in the Willamstown First XVIII team that won the 1907 VFA premiership.
* His brother,
William Matthew "Matt" Outen (1883-1930), also played for St Kilda in the VFL and Williamstown in the VFA.
* His brother, John Edward "Jack" Outen (1890-1963), played in one First XVIII game for Williamstown (alongside his brother Matt) in 1909.
* His brother, Percy Ernest Hatherley Outen (1898-1986), played in 5 First XVIII games for Williamstown in the VFA in 1928.
* His nephew, Reginald Whynam Outen (1913-1999), the son of Wyn Outen, was an emergency in Williamstown's 1939 premiership team, after earlier playing with Collingwood and Melbourne Seconds.
Reg Outen
at ''Demonwiki''.
* His son, Albert Keith "Alby" Outen (1936-2010), played 2 games with Footscray in 1954 before transferring to Williamstown and playing in their 1955 and 1956 premiership teams.
He married Eva Grace Brown (1903-1996) in 1927.
Football
Outen first played for Footscray in 1922 and soon established himself in defence. In 1928 he won their best and fairest
In Australian sport, the best and fairest award recognises the player(s) adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition. The awards are sometimes dependent on not receiving a suspensi ...
award.
See also
* 1927 Melbourne Carnival
The 1927 Melbourne Carnival was the sixth Australian National Football Carnival: an Australian rules football interstate competition.
New South Wales caused the biggest upset of the carnival when they defeated Tasmania by three points and, also, ...
Notes
References
'Kickeroo', "Football Topics of the Moment: Surprise at Footscray: Outen Applies for Clearance", ''The Herald'', (Tuesday, 14 May 1929), p.3.
Sunshine Make Progress: Keen Local Interest in Football, ''The Sporting Globe'', (Saturday, 9 August 1930), p.5.
A. Outen Injured, ''The Sporting Globe'', (Saturday, 17 September 1932), p.2.
External links
*
Albert H. "Alby" Outen
at ''The VFA Project''.
1902 births
Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Footscray Football Club (VFA) players
Western Bulldogs players
Charles Sutton Medal winners
1972 deaths
People from Williamstown, Victoria
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