Alan Thomas Preen (4 July 1935 – 27 November 2016) was a sportsman who played Australian rules football with East Fremantle Football Club, East Fremantle in the West Australian Football League, WANFL and first-class cricket for Western Warriors, Western Australia during the 1950s. He is a half forward flanker in East Fremantle's official 'Team of the Century'.
Preen was mainly a centre half forward but could also be used in the ruck. He played at East Fremantle between 1953 and 1959, a career which yielded 122 senior games with Best and fairest award wins in 1954 and 1958 as well as a premiership in 1957. He regularly represented Western Australia at interstate football, in all playing 15 state games, with his performance in 1958 earning him All-Australian selection.
As a cricketer, Preen was a left-arm medium-pace bowler and from his 13 first-class matches from 1953–54 to 1956–57 took 28 wickets at 34.96. His best innings bowling figures of 6/97 were taken against Victoria at the Junction Oval, St Kilda Cricket Ground and included the wickets of Neil Harvey, Sam Loxton and Colin McDonald (Australian cricketer), Colin McDonald.
Preen died on 27 November 2016 after a long illness.
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1935 births
2016 deaths
East Fremantle Football Club players
All-Australians (1953–1988)
West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees
Australian cricketers
Western Australia cricketers
Australian rules footballers from Fremantle
Cricketers from Fremantle