Allan Broadway

George Allan Broadway (4 December 1921 – 27 July 1997)^[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[3]

Allan Broadway
Personal information
Full name	George Allan Broadway^[1]
Date of birth	(1921-12-04)4 December 1921
Place of birth	Footscray, Victoria
Date of death	27 July 1997(1997-07-27) (aged 75)
Original team(s)	Yarraville
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1945–1946	Footscray	16 (13)
1946	Fitzroy	03 0(2)
Total		19 (15)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1946.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Career

Broadway, a forward, played for Yarraville in the Victorian Football Association before the Second World War.^[4] During the war, he served as a private in the Australian Army Service Corps.^[1] He made 13 appearances for Footscray in the 1945 VFL season and kicked 12 goals. During the 1946 season he attempted to join Camberwell and St Kilda, before being cleared to Fitzroy.^[5][6]

In 1947 he joined Terang as playing coach.^[7] He coached Coleraine to a premiership in 1948, the first of his two years leading the club, then left to coach Stratford in 1950.^[8][9] After two years coaching Stratford, Broadway was cleared to another Gippsland club Maffra, as a player.^[10]

While a spectator at a cricket match in Stratford in the summer of 1952, Broadway was one of six people struck by lightning.^[11] He suffered burns but was not required to go to hospital.^[11]

References

1. "World War Two Nominal Roll". Government of Australia. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
2. "Allan Broadway – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
3. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
4. "Many New Players in VFL Teams". The Argus. Melbourne. 20 April 1945. p. 11. Retrieved 7 January 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
5. "League Clubs Train Lightly". The Argus. Melbourne. 28 June 1946. p. 16. Retrieved 9 January 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
6. "Gossip in Football and Other Sports". The Argus. Melbourne. 3 July 1946. p. 8. Retrieved 9 January 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
7. "Allan Broadway To Coach Terang". The Argus. Melbourne. 29 January 1947. p. 28. Retrieved 9 January 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
8. "Items of Interest". The Camperdown Chronicle. Victoria. 11 October 1948. p. 2. Retrieved 9 January 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
9. "Football". The Argus. Melbourne. 22 December 1949. p. 19. Retrieved 9 January 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
10. "Sale Selected To Defeat Bairnsdale". Gippsland Times. Victoria. 1 May 1952. p. 7. Retrieved 9 January 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
11. "Lightning Bolt Strikes 6 at Cricket Match". The Argus. Melbourne. 10 November 1952. p. 1. Retrieved 9 January 2015 – via National Library of Australia.