Alexander Way (13 August 1925 – 7 November 2014) was an
Australian rules footballer who played with
Carlton in the
Victorian Football League
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(VFL) during the 1940s.
Way played six games in his debut season, for 12 goals, five of them in a match against
Geelong. He was recruited from the Coburg Rangers and was a member of Carlton's 1945 premiership team.
Way, the nephew of former Carlton player
Jack Way, later moved to Tasmania where he played for
City
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and later
Longford in the
Northern Tasmanian Football Association. He then returned to Melbourne in 1963, where he lived in the south-east suburbs until his death in November 2014.
References
External links
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*Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
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1925 births
2014 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Carlton Football Club players
Carlton Football Club Premiership players
City-South Football Club players
Longford Football Club players
One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players