Alby Newell
South Melbourne
AFL career
2 games0 goals
- Debut
- R15 1939 v RCH5 Aug 1939
- Most recent
- R16 1939 v FSC12 Aug 1939
Stats
Bio
A diminutive footballer standing just 174cm and weighing 65kg, Alby Newell was a teenage recruit blooded by South Melbourne during the club's difficult 1939 wooden spoon season. Thrust into the senior side late in the year while still aged 17, he made two appearances for the Bloods, debuting in a loss to Richmond. His slight frame suggests he played as a rover or pocket player, but his opportunities to develop were abruptly cut short by the onset of World War II. Like so many contemporaries whose careers were interrupted by the conflict, Newell's time at the elite level was fleeting; he did not play VFL football again after 1939, though he eventually resurfaced in the VFA to play a solitary game for Port Melbourne in 1946.
Profile
- Born
- 16 Sept 1921
- Died
- 03 Feb 1993 (aged 71y 140d)
- Height
- 174 cm
- Weight
- 65 kg
Teams
Bio
1 revisionA diminutive footballer standing just 174cm and weighing 65kg, Alby Newell was a teenage recruit blooded by South Melbourne during the club's difficult 1939 wooden spoon season. Thrust into the senior side late in the year while still aged 17, he made two appearances for the Bloods, debuting in a loss to Richmond. His slight frame suggests he played as a rover or pocket player, but his opportunities to develop were abruptly cut short by the onset of World War II. Like so many contemporaries whose careers were interrupted by the conflict, Newell's time at the elite level was fleeting; he did not play VFL football again after 1939, though he eventually resurfaced in the VFA to play a solitary game for Port Melbourne in 1946.