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Alan McCrory

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Alan McCrory
Personal information
Full name Allison Razey McCrory
Date of birth (1918-02-26)26 February 1918
Place of birth Derry, Ireland
Date of death 24 April 1985(1985-04-24) (aged 67)
Original team(s) Carnegie
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1938 Richmond 5 (2)
1940 Oaklleigh (VFA) 19 (53)
1941, 1943 South Melbourne 4 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1943.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Allison Razey 'Alan' McCrory (26 February 1918 – 24 April 1985[1]) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club and South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

A key position player,[3] McCrory also played for Oakleigh Football Club in the Victorian Football Association in 1940.[3] He joined the Royal Australian Air Force towards the end of World War II,[4] and later moved to Queensland where he worked as an airport fire officer until his retirement in 1974.

Notes

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  1. ^ "Resting Place Allambe Memorial Park Allison Razey (Alan) Mccrory".
  2. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 570. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  3. ^ a b "Too many passengers carried by South", The Record, 5 July 1941, p. 3.
  4. ^ "A. R. McCrory RAAF Service Record".
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