Alan Saker
Hawthorn
AFL career
2 games0 goals
- Debut
- R5 1943 v SME5 June 1943
- Most recent
- R8 1943 v RCH26 June 1943
Stats
Bio
Alan Saker was a diminutive footballer whose brief VFL career emerged during the disruption of the Second World War. Originally listed with Melbourne's reserves in 1940, he moved to VFA club Williamstown the following year, where he played in a reserves premiership side but managed only one senior game. With the VFA suspending competition due to the war, Saker transferred to Hawthorn in 1943, offering depth to the club's depleted list. Standing just 170cm, he played two senior matches in the brown and gold before eventually returning to Williamstown in 1944 when the VFA's seconds competition resumed.
Profile
- Born
- 15 Feb 1921
- Died
- 26 Dec 2001 (aged 80y 314d)
- Birthplace
- Williamstown, VIC
- Deathplace
- Footscray, VIC
- Height
- 170 cm
- Weight
- 71 kg
Teams
Bio
1 revisionAlan Saker was a diminutive footballer whose brief VFL career emerged during the disruption of the Second World War. Originally listed with Melbourne's reserves in 1940, he moved to VFA club Williamstown the following year, where he played in a reserves premiership side but managed only one senior game. With the VFA suspending competition due to the war, Saker transferred to Hawthorn in 1943, offering depth to the club's depleted list. Standing just 170cm, he played two senior matches in the brown and gold before eventually returning to Williamstown in 1944 when the VFA's seconds competition resumed.