Alex Moore (footballer)

Alexander Ronald Moore (21 December 1917 – 28 August 1989) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Alex Moore
Moore in 1943
Personal information
Full name Alexander Ronald Moore
Date of birth (1917-12-21)21 December 1917
Place of birth Collingwood, Victoria
Date of death 28 August 1989(1989-08-28) (aged 71)
Place of death Hampton, Victoria
Original team(s) Abbotsford
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 77 kg (170 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1943 Collingwood 2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1943.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family edit

The son of Alexander John Moore, and Veronica Sophia Moore, née Long, Alexander Ronald Moore was born at Collingwood, Victoria on 21 December 1917.

He married Alva Lillian Rosewarne in 1943.

Military service edit

Moore served in the Australian Army for three years during World War II, being discharged just before he played his two senior games for Collingwood in 1943.[2]

Death edit

He died at Hampton, Victoria on 28 August 1989.[3]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Holmesby & Main(2014), p.625.
  2. ^ "World War II Roll: Alexander Ronald Moore". Department of Veterans Affairs.
  3. ^ Deaths: Moore, The Age, (Tuesday, 29 August 1989), p.60.

References edit

  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

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