Ted Alley

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Ted Alley
Cigarette card of Alley in 1905
Personal information
Full name Edwin John Alley[1]
Born 30 July 1881
St Arnaud, Victoria
Died 18 July 1949(1949-07-18) (aged 67)
Canterbury, Victoria
Original team Footscray Juniors
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 71 kg (157 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1902–1903 South Melbourne 16 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1903.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Edwin John Alley (30 July 1881 – 18 July 1949) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Some AFL sources list his name as Ned Alley.[2]

The Third Australian Divisional Team: 28 October 1916.[3] Ted Alley is the third player from left, front row.

Football

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South Melbourne (VFL)

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Alley appeared in 15 of South Melbourne 17 games in the 1902 VFL season.[4] He played just once the following year.[4]

Williamstown (VFA)

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He transferred to Williamstown in the VFA in 1905 and played 160 games and kicked 20 goals up until when the First World War intervened in 1915. In 1907, with regular captain Paddy Noonan having stood down, Alley captained Williamstown to an 18-point grand final victory over West Melbourne, in the Victorian Football Association. This gave him the distinction of being Williamstown's first ever premiership captain.[5]

He also served as captain-coach for part of 1911 after Bert Amy resigned and as captain in 1915.

Third Australian Divisional Team (First AIF)

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He played for the (winning) Third Australian Divisional team in the famous "Pioneer Exhibition Game" of Australian Rules football, held in London, in October 1916. A news film was taken at the match.[6][7]

Hawthorn (VFA)

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After returning from the War, he went to Hawthorn in the VFA in 1919. In 1920 he was appointed captain-coach, but stood down midway through the season.[8] Alley was still playing football with Mitcham in 1924 at the age of 43.

Military service

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Alley, who made his living as an engineer, served overseas with the 3rd Pioneer Battalion during World War I.

Death

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He died at his Canterbury, Victoria residence on 18 July 1949.[9]

See also

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Footnotes

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  6. ^ The original newsreel: Australian Football (Pathé Newsreel, 1916) on YouTube
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  9. ^ Deaths: Alley, The Argus, (19 July 1949), p.14.

References

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