Albert Henry "Abe" McDougall (30 November 1876 – 9 March 1948) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the

Fitzroy Football Club The Fitzroy Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently competing in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA). Formed in 1883 to represent the inner-Melbourne municipality of Fitzroy, the club was a member of the V ...

in the

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(VFL). McDougall commenced his football career with St Mary's in the Metropolitan Junior Football League in 1895 and made some appearances for North Melbourne in the Victorian Football Association before being cleared to Fitzroy in 1898. McDougall was the match winner in his debut VFL game against

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, kicking two goals in a low-scoring affair. He played as a

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in the Fitzroy premiership teams of 1898 and 1899. In 1900 he appeared in his third successive grand final, as a centre half-forward, but finished on the losing side. A coppersmith by trade, McDougall later served in World War I as a mechanic for the 1st Australian Flying Corps. McDougall's son, Roy McDougall, also played for Fitzroy.

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* * 1876 births 1948 deaths VFL/AFL players born outside Australia Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents Fitzroy Football Club players Fitzroy Football Club premiership players North Melbourne Football Club (VFA) players Australian military personnel of World War I VFL/AFL premiership players New Zealand players of Australian rules football New Zealand emigrants to Australia People from Port Melbourne Military personnel from Melbourne Sportspeople from Auckland {{AFL-bio-1870s-stub