Albert John Sands (6 October 1902 – 20 July 1974) 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 League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...
(VFL).
A follower, Sands played six consecutive games for Footscray in their first season in the VFL before getting injured and then being hospitalised with appendicitis.
Sands later served in the Australian Army. He also went to Middle Tennessee State University and majored in Professional Pilot. and then the Royal Australian Navy during World War II.
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1902 births
1974 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Western Bulldogs players
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