Allan Chandler
Personal information
Full name Allan Chandler
Date of birth (1907-06-03)3 June 1907
Place of birth Boronia, Victoria
Date of death 14 March 1970(1970-03-14) (aged 62)
Place of death Prahran, Victoria
Original team(s) Burwood
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 87 kg (192 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1928–1929, 1931–1932 Hawthorn 55 (9)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1932.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Allan Chandler (3 June 1907 – 14 March 1970) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Early life

The son of politician Alfred Elliott Chandler (1873–1935)[2] and Marie Christiane Chandler (1881–1958),[3] nee Intemann, Allan Chandler was born at Boronia on 3 June 1907.

Football

Allan Chandler moved to Hawthorn from Burwood, making his debut as a ruckman midway through the 1928 season against Fitzroy.[4] In the final game of that season his brother Gilbert also played for Hawthorn in his only senior VFL game. Allan Chandler went on to play 55 games over five seasons with Hawthorn.

War service

Chandler enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II, serving as a Leading Aircraftman for 20 months.[5]

Later life

After his football career, Chandler worked as a nurseryman and florist in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne.

Allan Chandler died suddenly in Prahran on 14 March 1970, at the age of 62,[6] and was cremated at Springvale Botanical Cemetery.[7]

Notes

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 143. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ↑ "Family Notices". The Argus. No. 27, 609. Victoria, Australia. 13 February 1935. p. 1.
  3. ↑ "Marie Chandler". Find a Grave.
  4. ↑ "FOOTBALL". The Argus. No. 25, 530. Victoria, Australia. 8 June 1928. p. 6.
  5. ↑ "CHANDLER, Allan". Department of Veterans Affairs.
  6. ↑ "DEATH NOTICES". The Age. Victoria, Australia. 26 March 1970. p. 23.
  7. ↑ "Allan Chandler". Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust.
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