Alan Bulman

Alan Bulman
Personal information
Full name Alan Bulman
Date of birth (1927-09-18)18 September 1927
Date of death 3 June 1995(1995-06-03) (aged 67)
Original team(s) Bacchus Marsh
Height/Weight 188 cm / 89 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1948-52 Footscray 32 (11)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1952 season.

Alan Bulman (18 September 1927 – 3 June 1995) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1][2]

Footscray

Bulman, who played his early football with Bacchus Marsh, came to Footscray in 1945.[3]

He spent some time in the second eighteen, before making it into the seniors in the 1948 VFL season, making 12 appearances.[4]

A follower, Bulman was unable to become a regular fixture in the Footscray team, at times troubled by injury.[5]

Later career

During the 1952 VFA season, Bulman joined Coburg, where he played for two years.[6][7]

In 1954 he coached Stawell in the Wimmera Football League, then after not being reappointed for 1955 left to coach Navarre. [8]

Notes

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 111. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ↑ "League Footballers of 1950 – Forward Pocket.". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 5 August 1950. p. 8 Supplement: The Argus Week-End Magazine. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Buttsworth May Go.". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 23 March 1945. p. 13. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "Footscray Player Will Fly To Matches.". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 16 March 1948. p. 12. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Footscray Seek First Premiership.". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 7 September 1951. p. 5 Supplement: The Argus Magazine. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Yarraville out to beat Port.". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 7 June 1952. p. 12. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "Stawell Coach Is Cleared.". The Horsham Times (Vic.: National Library of Australia). 26 March 1954. p. 8. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "Bulman To Coach Navarre.". The Horsham Times (Vic.: National Library of Australia). 26 November 1954. p. 10. Retrieved 9 May 2015.

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