Alan McPherson
Personal information
Full name Alan McPherson
Date of birth (1932-01-01)1 January 1932
Date of death 15 February 2009(2009-02-15) (aged 77)
Original team(s) Commonwealth Bank
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1953–1954 South Melbourne 8 (12)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1954.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Alan McPherson (1 January 1932 – 15 February 2009) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1] McPherson transferred to Williamstown in the VFA in 1955 and played 44 games and kicked 127 goals up until the end of 1958, including the 1955 and 1956 premiership victories over Port Melbourne. In the latter game, he took 8 spectacular marks and kicked 6.4 to earn best-on-ground honours. McPherson was the Club leading goalkicker in 1957 with 62 majors, and he twice kicked ten goals in a game - against Camberwell in 1956 and Prahran in 1957.

Notes

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 598. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
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