Alan Pentland

Alan Pentland
Personal information
Full name	Alan Pentland
Date of birth	3 October 1883
Date of death	15 December 1952 (aged 69)
Original team(s)	Leopold[1]
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1909-1912	South Melbourne	53 (0)
^1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1912 season.

Alan Pentland (3 October 1883 – 15 December 1952)^[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Pentland was a defender who played in the back pocket for South Melbourne in their 1909 VFL Grand Final team which won the club's first ever premiership.^[3] He appeared in all 20 games in 1910 and the following season played finals football for the third successive year.^[4] His last game for South Melbourne came in 1912 but he remained on the local sports scene as a cricketer. He toured New Zealand with the South Melbourne Cricket Club in 1912/13.^[5]

References

1. The Argus,"Club Gossip", 11 June 1909, p. 9
2. "Alan Pentland - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
3. Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
4. AFL Tables: Alan Pentland
5. "South Melbourne in New Zealand 1912/13". CricketArchive.