Alfred George Egan (3 April 1910 – 21 January 1962) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main, 2007.
Family The son of Edward Egan, and Margaret Egan, née Farrell, Alfred George Egan was born into the Gunditjmara indigenous community at Wallacedale, near Condah, in Western Victoria, on 3 April 1910.
Although his brother, Allan Edmund Egan (1914–1951), was cleared from "Melbourne Boys" to the North Melbourne Seconds in 1937, he did not play any senior VFL football.League Seconds' Permits, The Argus, (Wednesday, 30 June 1937), p.18.World War Two Nominal Roll: Private Allen Edmund Egan (VX144630), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
He married Gweneth May Cavenagh in 1950.
Football Egan was the first Indigenous Australian to play for Carlton and also the first to play with North Melbourne.AFL Record, Round 9, 2011
He appeared as a centre half-forward in the 1932 VFL Grand Final, as a replacement for an injured Jack Green, but wasn't able to steer his side to a win.Blueseum.AFL Tables.
Death He died at Burnley, Victoria on 21 January 1962.Deaths: Egan, The Age, (Wednesday, 24 January 1962), p.18.
See also Gunditjmara of note
Notes
References
De Bolfo, Tony, "How Alf Egan led the way", Carlton Media, carltonfc.com.au, Monday, 14 July 2014.
External links
Alf Egan, at Blueseum.