Alan Broadley
South Melbourne
AFL career
3 games1 goals
- Debut
- R6 1941 v ESS7 June 1941
- Most recent
- R8 1941 v NTH21 June 1941
Stats
Bio
Born in Workington, England, Alan Broadley was a towering recruit who found his way to South Melbourne after developing his craft with the Essendon Reserves. Standing at 189cm and weighing 85kg, he possessed the physical dimensions of a formidable key position player or ruckman for the 1940s, making his VFL debut against his former club at the Lake Oval. His senior career was limited to a three-game cameo in the middle of the 1941 season, during which he booted one goal, before the realities of the Second World War intervened. Broadley exchanged his guernsey for a uniform, serving as a corporal in the Australian Army, which ultimately brought a premature end to his brief stint at the elite level.
Profile
- Born
- 13 Sept 1920
- Died
- 23 Oct 1997 (aged 77y 40d)
- Birthplace
- Workington, United Kingdom
- Height
- 189 cm
- Weight
- 85 kg
Teams
Bio
1 revisionBorn in Workington, England, Alan Broadley was a towering recruit who found his way to South Melbourne after developing his craft with the Essendon Reserves. Standing at 189cm and weighing 85kg, he possessed the physical dimensions of a formidable key position player or ruckman for the 1940s, making his VFL debut against his former club at the Lake Oval. His senior career was limited to a three-game cameo in the middle of the 1941 season, during which he booted one goal, before the realities of the Second World War intervened. Broadley exchanged his guernsey for a uniform, serving as a corporal in the Australian Army, which ultimately brought a premature end to his brief stint at the elite level.