Albert Edward "Butch" Prior (15 January 1921 – 21 January 1971[1]) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the VFL during the 1940s.[2]
| Albert Prior | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Albert Edward Prior | ||
| Date of birth | 15 January 1921 | ||
| Place of birth | Melbourne, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 21 January 1971 (aged 50) | ||
| Place of death | Donvale, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Camberwell (VFA) | ||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1941, 1944–50 | Hawthorn | 103 (258) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1950. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Family edit
The son of Thomas Edward Prior (1882–1968), and Charlotte Nicholls Prior (1884–1956), née Jensen,[3] Albert Edward Prior was born at Melbourne, Victoria on 15 January 1921.
He married June Ivy Rose Braden (1924–2003) in 1945.
Football edit
A full-forward,[4][5][6] he topped Hawthorn's goalkicking in every season from 1946 to 1949 with a best of 67 goals in 1947. He kicked 8 goals in a match three times: against Footscray on 3 May 1947, against Richmond on 17 May 1947 and, in his last match for Hawthorn, in a season where Hawthorn lost all 18 of its home-and-away games, against South Melbourne on 19 August 1950.
In 1951 Prior was cleared from Hawthorn and was appointed coach of the East Hawthorn team in the Eastern Suburban League.[7][8]
Military service edit
Prior also served in the Australian Army during World War II.[9]
Honours and achievements edit
Individual
- Hawthorn leading goalkicker: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949
- Hawthorn life member
Notes edit
- ^ Prior, Albert. "Albert Prior Genealogy". ancestry.com. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
- ^ "Known as 'Butch' because he was the local butcher" (australianfootball.com).
- ^ Deaths: Prior, The Argus, (Wednesday, 24 October 1956), p.18.
- ^ Goalkicker Reinstated, The Argus, (Wednesday, 4 May 1949), p.24.
- ^ VFL teams of 1949, The Argus, (Saturday, 13 August 1949), p.4.
- ^ Taylor, Percy, "League Footballers of 1950—Full Forwards, The Argus, (Saturday, 27 May 1950), p.6.
- ^ Six Footers at Footscray, The Age, (Thursday, 8 March 1951), p.18.
- ^ Andrew, George, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 10 March 1951), p.5.
- ^ Nominal Roll.
References edit
- World War Two Nominal Roll: Signalman Albert Edward Prior (VX131343), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
- B883, VX131343: World War Two Service Record: Signalman Albert Edward Prior (VX131343), National Archives of Australia.
External links edit
- Albert Prior's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Albert Prior at AustralianFootball.com
- Albert Prior at Boyles Football Photos.
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