Alan Poore

Alan Poore
Personal information
Nickname(s) Sammy
Date of birth (1942-07-07)7 July 1942
Original team(s) Mentone
Height/Weight 179 cm / 80 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1961–1964
1965–71, 1978
Collingwood (VFL)
Waverley (VFA)
11 (5)
124
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1978 season.
Career highlights
  • J. J. Liston Trophy (1965, 1966)

Alan Poore (born 7 July 1942) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Waverley in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).

Poore had a brief career with Collingwood, remaining with the club for four years from 1961 until 1964 but never managing to cement a regular place the side, in part due to injuries suffered in a car accident in 1962.[1] In 1965 he joined Waverley and was a member of their premiership side that season as well as winning a J. J. Liston Trophy. He won the award again in 1966 to become the first ever player in the history of the VFA to win it twice. A centreman, he was also a dual best and fairest winner at Waverley and in 1966 represented the VFA at the Hobart Carnival. He left the club after 1971, but made a brief comeback in 1978 at the age of 35.[1] He finished with a total of 124 games for Waverley.

References

  1. 1 2 Marc Fiddian (15 April 1978). "Alan's seven-year itch". The Age (Melbourne, VIC). p. 32.

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