Alan Stevens | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Alan Keith Stevens | ||
Nickname(s) | Ginty | ||
Date of birth | 5 August 1923 | ||
Place of birth | Coogee, New South Wales [1] | ||
Date of death | 2 November 2010 | (aged 87)||
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1940–1941 | Ainslie | ||
1942–1944 | Eastlake- Manuka | ||
1945 | Eastlake | ||
1946–1947 | Ainslie | ||
1948–1950 | St Kilda | 22 (1) | |
1952–1953 | Ainslie | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1953. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Alan Keith Stevens (5 August 1923 – 2 November 2010) [2] was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He also had a noted career in the Canberra Australian National Football League, with Ainslie, Eastlake- Manuka and Eastlake.
Stevens, a defender, spent his first two years of senior football with Canberra club Ainslie. [3] [4]
He won Ainslie's best and fairest award and finished third in voting for the Mulrooney Medal in 1941, his second season. [4] [5]
From 1942 to 1944, Stevens played for the merged Eastlake- Manuka combination. [6] [7]
The merger ended in 1945 and Stevens played for Eastlake that season. [8] He was named amongst Eastlake's best players in their one-point win over Navy in the 1945 grand final. [8]
Stevens returned to Ainslie in 1946, as club captain. [9] He had a triumphant return, ending the season with a premiership, Mulrooney Medal and another Ainslie best and fairest. [4] [10]
The following year he was given the additional responsibility of being playing coach and steered Ainslie to another premiership. [4] [11] Stevens, who captained Canberra at the 1947 Hobart Carnival, also won a third club best and fairest award. [3] [4]
Stevens played for St Kilda from 1948 to 1950, during which time he amassed 22 league appearances. [12]
While in Victoria he was a state representative, in 1948. [3]
Stevens finished his career back at Ainslie, where he was playing coach for two more seasons, after moving back to Canberra late in 1951. [4] [13]
He led Ainslie to another premiership in 1952, when they were undefeated all year. [14]
Alan Stevens | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Alan Keith Stevens | ||
Nickname(s) | Ginty | ||
Date of birth | 5 August 1923 | ||
Place of birth | Coogee, New South Wales [1] | ||
Date of death | 2 November 2010 | (aged 87)||
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1940–1941 | Ainslie | ||
1942–1944 | Eastlake- Manuka | ||
1945 | Eastlake | ||
1946–1947 | Ainslie | ||
1948–1950 | St Kilda | 22 (1) | |
1952–1953 | Ainslie | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1953. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Alan Keith Stevens (5 August 1923 – 2 November 2010) [2] was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He also had a noted career in the Canberra Australian National Football League, with Ainslie, Eastlake- Manuka and Eastlake.
Stevens, a defender, spent his first two years of senior football with Canberra club Ainslie. [3] [4]
He won Ainslie's best and fairest award and finished third in voting for the Mulrooney Medal in 1941, his second season. [4] [5]
From 1942 to 1944, Stevens played for the merged Eastlake- Manuka combination. [6] [7]
The merger ended in 1945 and Stevens played for Eastlake that season. [8] He was named amongst Eastlake's best players in their one-point win over Navy in the 1945 grand final. [8]
Stevens returned to Ainslie in 1946, as club captain. [9] He had a triumphant return, ending the season with a premiership, Mulrooney Medal and another Ainslie best and fairest. [4] [10]
The following year he was given the additional responsibility of being playing coach and steered Ainslie to another premiership. [4] [11] Stevens, who captained Canberra at the 1947 Hobart Carnival, also won a third club best and fairest award. [3] [4]
Stevens played for St Kilda from 1948 to 1950, during which time he amassed 22 league appearances. [12]
While in Victoria he was a state representative, in 1948. [3]
Stevens finished his career back at Ainslie, where he was playing coach for two more seasons, after moving back to Canberra late in 1951. [4] [13]
He led Ainslie to another premiership in 1952, when they were undefeated all year. [14]