Alex McFarlane

Alex McFarlane
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Alexander Hugh McFarlane
Nickname(s)	Bandy
Date of birth	2 May 1887
Place of birth	Semaphore, South Australia
Date of death	1 November 1952 (aged 65)[1]
Place of death	Alice Springs, Northern Territory[2]
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1909-1915, 1919	Port Adelaide	100 (28)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
1914	South Australia	5
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1919.
Career highlights
3× SAFA premiership player (1910, 1913, 1914) 3× Champion of Australia (1910, 1913, 1914) Port Adelaide captain (1915, 1919)

Thomas Alexander Hugh McFarlane was an Australian rules footballer who played for Port Adelaide.^[3]

Personal life

McFarlane was the 15th child of Alexander Macfarlane, an immigrant from Scotland, and Mary Ann Tyzack who was born in Port Adelaide.^[4]

His uncle, Samuel Tyzack, was a foundation player for Port Adelaide in 1870.^[5]

Death

Alex McFarlane died in Alice Springs on 1 November 1952.

Tom Leahy described him as being "Tremendously strong, played very fairly, but very hard. I was against him many times, and he was a tough man to beat.^[6]

References

1. "Thomas Alexander Hugh Macfarlane b. 2 May 1887 Benson St., Semaphore, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia d. 6 Nov 1952: MacFarlane Clan & Families Genealogy". www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
2. "Former Port star dies". News. 59, (9,123). South Australia. 4 November 1952. p. 19. Retrieved 14 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
3. Soda, Programmable. "Australian Football - Alex McFarlane - Player Bio". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
4. "Thomas Alexander Hugh Macfarlane b. 2 May 1887 Benson St., Semaphore, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia d. 6 Nov 1952: MacFarlane Clan & Families Genealogy". www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
5. "Mary Ann Kayser b. 1811 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England d. 15 Dec 1860 Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia: MacFarlane Clan & Families Genealogy". www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
6. "Former Port star dies". News. 59, (9,123). South Australia. 4 November 1952. p. 19. Retrieved 14 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.