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{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}
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| fullname = Thomas Alexander McFarlane
| fullname = Thomas Alexander Hugh McFarlane
| nickname = Bandy
| nickname = Bandy
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1887|05|02|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Semaphore, South Australia]]
| birth_place = [[Semaphore, South Australia]]
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| death_place = [[Alice Springs, Northern Territory]] <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131193632 |title=Former Port star dies |newspaper=[[News]] |volume=59, |issue=9,123 |location=South Australia |date=4 November 1952 |accessdate=14 November 2016 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
| death_place = [[Alice Springs, Northern Territory]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131193632 |title=Former Port star dies |newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|The News]] |volume=59 |issue=9,123 |location=South Australia |date=4 November 1952 |access-date=14 November 2016 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
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'''Club'''
*3x {{AFL Por}} premiership player (1910, 1913, 1914)
*3x [[Championship of Australia|Champion of Australia]] (1910, 1913, 1914)
*3× [[South Australian National Football League|SAFA]] premiership player (1910, 1913, 1914)
*3× [[Championship of Australia|Champion of Australia]] (1910, 1913, 1914)
*{{AFL Por}} captain (1915, 1919)
'''Honours'''
*{{AFL Por}} life member (1929)
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'''Alex McFarlane''' was an Australian rules footballer who played for {{AFL Por}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/Alex+McFarlane/21|title=Australian Football - Alex McFarlane - Player Bio|last=Soda|first=Programmable|website=australianfootball.com|access-date=2016-11-14}}</ref> He was the son of Alexander Macfarlane, an immigrant from Scotland, and Mary Ann Tyzack who was born in Port Adelaide.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I44069&tree=CC|title=Thomas Alexander Hugh Macfarlane b. 2 May 1887 Benson St., Semaphore, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia d. 6 Nov 1952: MacFarlane Clan & Families Genealogy|website=www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info|access-date=2016-11-14}}</ref>
'''Thomas Alexander Hugh McFarlane''' (2 May 1887 &ndash; 1 November 1952) was an Australian rules footballer who played for {{AFL Por}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/Alex+McFarlane/21|title=Australian Football – Alex McFarlane – Player Bio|last=Devaney|first=John|website=australianfootball.com|access-date=2016-11-14}}</ref>
== Football ==
McFarlane debuted for Port Adelaide during the [[1909 SAFL season]]. He would captain the club in the South Australian Football League seasons immediately before and after [[World War I]].
== Personal life ==
McFarlane was the 15th child of Alexander Macfarlane, an immigrant from [[Scotland]], and Mary Ann Tyzack who was born in [[Port Adelaide]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I44069&tree=CC|title=Thomas Alexander Hugh Macfarlane b. 2 May 1887 Benson St., Semaphore, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia d. 6 Nov 1952: MacFarlane Clan & Families Genealogy|website=www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info|access-date=2016-11-14}}</ref>

His uncle, Samuel Tyzack, was a foundation player for Port Adelaide in 1870.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I54432&tree=CC|title=Mary Ann Kayser b. 1811 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England d. 15 Dec 1860 Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia: MacFarlane Clan & Families Genealogy|website=www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info|access-date=2016-11-14}}</ref>

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Alex was the uncle of Bill McFarlane who played over 100 games for Port Adelaide during the 1940s.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131193632 |title=Former Port star dies |newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|The News]] |volume=59 |issue=9,123 |location=South Australia |date=4 November 1952 |access-date=14 October 2018 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

He married Olive May Hobbs on 18 December 1911 at St. Aiden’s Church, Marden South Australia.

Olive and Alex had seven children. Alexander Steer McFarlane 1913; Daphne May McFarlane (1914-1917); Ronald George McFarlane 1916; Olive Valerie McFarlane 1917; Harold McFarlane (1919-1921); Kenneth Malcom 1924; and Joan Louise McFarlane 1925.


== Death ==
== Death ==
Alex McFarlane died in Alice Springs on 1 November 1952.
Alex McFarlane died in [[Alice Springs]] on 1 November 1952.


== Reputation ==
[[Tom Leahy (footballer)|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.''<ref>
[[Tom Leahy (Australian footballer)|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."<ref>
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{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131193632 |title=Former Port star dies |newspaper=[[News]] |volume=59, |issue=9,123 |location=South Australia |date=4 November 1952 |accessdate=14 November 2016 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131193632 |title=Former Port star dies |newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|The News]] |volume=59 |issue=9,123 |location=South Australia |date=4 November 1952 |access-date=14 November 2016 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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{{1910 Port Adelaide premiership players}}
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{{1913 Port Adelaide premiership players}}
{{1914 Port Adelaide premiership players}}
{{Port Adelaide Football Club captains}}
{{Port Adelaide Football Club captains}}
{{1910 Port Adelaide Magpies premiership players}}
{{Port Adelaide Football Club coaches}}
{{1910 Championship of Australia}}
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{{1913 Port Adelaide Magpies premiership players}}
{{1913 Championship of Australia}}
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{{1914 Port Adelaide Magpies premiership players}}
{{1914 Championship of Australia}}
{{1914 South Australia State Football Team}}

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[[Category:Australian people of Scottish descent]]
[[Category:Australian people of Scottish descent]]
[[Category:Port Adelaide Football Club (SANFL) players]]
[[Category:Port Adelaide Football Club players (all competitions)]]
[[Category:1887 births]]
[[Category:1952 deaths]]
[[Category:Australian rules footballers from South Australia]]


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Latest revision as of 20:26, 7 December 2024

Alex McFarlane
Personal information
Full name Thomas Alexander Hugh McFarlane
Nickname(s) Bandy
Date of birth (1887-05-02)2 May 1887
Place of birth Semaphore, South Australia
Date of death 1 November 1952(1952-11-01) (aged 65)[1]
Place of death Alice Springs, Northern Territory[2]
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1909–1915, 1919 Port Adelaide 100 (28)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
1914 South Australia 5
Coaching career
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
1915 Port Adelaide 14 (9-4-1) 64.29%
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1919.
Career highlights

Club

Honours

Source: AustralianFootball.com

Thomas Alexander Hugh McFarlane (2 May 1887 – 1 November 1952) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Port Adelaide.[3]

Football

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McFarlane debuted for Port Adelaide during the 1909 SAFL season. He would captain the club in the South Australian Football League seasons immediately before and after World War I.

Personal life

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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]

Alex was the uncle of Bill McFarlane who played over 100 games for Port Adelaide during the 1940s.[6]

He married Olive May Hobbs on 18 December 1911 at St. Aiden’s Church, Marden South Australia.

Olive and Alex had seven children. Alexander Steer McFarlane 1913; Daphne May McFarlane (1914-1917); Ronald George McFarlane 1916; Olive Valerie McFarlane 1917; Harold McFarlane (1919-1921); Kenneth Malcom 1924; and Joan Louise McFarlane 1925.

Death

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Alex McFarlane died in Alice Springs on 1 November 1952.

Reputation

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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."[7]

References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alex McFarlane.
  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 14 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Former Port star dies". The News. Vol. 59, no. 9, 123. South Australia. 4 November 1952. p. 19. Retrieved 14 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ Devaney, John. "Australian Football – Alex McFarlane – Player Bio". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
  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 14 November 2016.
  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 14 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Former Port star dies". The News. Vol. 59, no. 9, 123. South Australia. 4 November 1952. p. 19. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Former Port star dies". The News. Vol. 59, no. 9, 123. South Australia. 4 November 1952. p. 19. Retrieved 14 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.


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