Alec Albiston

Infobox afl player | firstname = Alec
lastname = Albiston




birthdate = 16 November 1917
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originalteam = Kew
heightweight = 175 cm / 73 kg
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debutdate = 1936
debutteam = Hawthorn
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playingteams = Hawthorn (1936-42) (1945-49)
* 170 games, 383 goals
North Melbourne (1950)
* 7 games, 6 goalsTotal - 177 Games, 389 Goals
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Hawthorn (1947-49)
* 57 games, 12 wins, 45 loses
statsend = 1950
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Alec Albiston (born 16 November 1917) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the VFL and with North Melbourne for his final season. A goalkicking rover, he was captain and coach of Hawthorn between 1947 and 1949. He was the first player in the history of the club to kick 10 goals in a match, doing so against North Melbourne in the opening round of the 1940 season.

Albiston won the Peter Crimmins Medal for Hawthorn Best and Fairest in both 1941 and 1946. He topped the Hawk's goalkicking charts 4 times during his career, in 1939, 1941, 1942 and 1945.

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