Alec Mathieson

Alexander James Mathieson (11 May 1921 – 13 May 2022)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[2]

Alec Mathieson
Personal information
Full name	Alexander James Mathieson
Date of birth	(1921-05-11)11 May 1921
Place of birth	Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date of death	13 May 2022(2022-05-13) (aged 101)
Original team(s)	RAAF / Newtown & Chilwell
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1944	Geelong	7 (1)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1944.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

In the same year he played for Geelong he enlisted to serve in the Royal Australian Air Force in World War II.^[3]

Notes edit

^ Geelong mourns oldest living past player Alex Mathieson (subscription required)
^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 559. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
^ "World War II Roll:Alexander James Mathieson". Commonwealth of Australia.

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