Alfred Egan (3 April 1910 – 21 January 1962) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and

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in the

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(VFL).

Family

The son of Edward Egan, and Margaret Egan, née Farrell, Alfred George Egan was born into the

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indigenous community at Wallacedale, near

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, in Western Victoria, on 3 April 1910. Although his brother, Allan Edmund Egan (1914–1951), was cleared from "Melbourne Boys" to the North Melbourne Seconds in 1937, he did not play any senior VFL football. He married Gweneth May Cavenagh in 1950.

Football

Egan was the first

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to play for Carlton and also the first to play with North Melbourne. He appeared as a

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in the

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, as a replacement for an injured Jack Green, but wasn't able to steer his side to a win.

Death

He died at

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on 21 January 1962.Deaths: Egan, ''The Age'', (Wednesday, 24 January 1962), p.18.
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Notes

References

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De Bolfo, Tony, "How Alf Egan led the way", ''Carlton Media'', carltonfc.com.au, Monday, 14 July 2014.

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