Alan Gordon Forcett Scott (25 August 1900 – 2 October 1982) was an
Australian rules football
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er who played for
St Kilda in the
Victorian Football League
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(VFL). He also had a noted career in Tasmania in both the
Northern Tasmanian Football Association (NTFA) and
Tasmanian Football League
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(TFL).
Football
North Launceston
Scott, a Tasmanian, started his career at
North Launceston, where his twin brother Don also played. He was a member of their 1923 and 1925 NTFA premierships.
Warracknabeal
The 1926 season was spent at
Warracknabeal
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in country Victoria, where he had gone to study "scientific farming".
While studying at Warracknabeal he played football with the Warracknabeal Football Club in the
Wimmera Football League
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.
Cananore
In 1927, he returned to Tasmania, and began his two-season stint with
Cananore, which included a premiership in 1927.
St Kilda
A
ruckman who could be used in the key positions, Scott returned to the mainland in 1929 to play for St Kilda.
He played his first senior VFL match when nearly 29 years old for St Kilda against Geelong,
in round 3 of 1929 at the
Junction Oval
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The oval's location near the St Kilda Jun ...
. On that same day, another Tasmanian and former Cananore player,
Ted Terry, also made his debut for St Kilda.
VFL Player Statistics: Round 3 (11 May 1929) St Kilda v. Geelong
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He participated in a rare St Kilda finals series, kicking two goals in an eight-point semi final loss to Carlton at the MCG
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.
North Launceston
Back at North Launceston in 1931, Scott was appointed captain-coach and steered them to another premiership.
New Town
In 1933, his final season, he captain-coached New Town
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Interstate Football
During his career, Scott represented Tasmania at both the 1924 Hobart and 1927 Melbourne Carnival
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s.
Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame
He was one of the inaugural inductees into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame
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in 2005.
See also
* 1924 Hobart Carnival
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* 1927 Melbourne Carnival
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New South Wales caused the biggest upset of the carnival when they defeated Tasmania by three points and, also, came ...
Footnotes
References
*Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
External links
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1900 births
1982 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Tasmania
St Kilda Football Club players
Cananore Football Club players
Glenorchy Football Club players
North Launceston Football Club players
North Launceston Football Club coaches
Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame inductees
Australian twins