Alex Way

Alex Way
Personal information
Full name	Alexander Way
Date of birth	13 August 1925
Date of death	7 November 2014 (aged 89)
Place of death	Malvern, Victoria
Original team(s)	Coburg Rangers
Height/Weight	180 cm / 78 kg
Position(s)	Half forward
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1944–48	Carlton	32 (27)
^1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1948 season.

Alexander "Alex" Way (13 August 1925 – 7 November 2014) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s.

Way played six games in his debut season, for 12 goals, five of them in a match against Geelong. He was recruited from the Coburg Rangers and was a member of Carlton's 1945 premiership team.

Way, the nephew of former Carlton player Jack Way, later moved to Tasmania where he played for City and later Longford in the Northern Tasmanian Football Association.^[1][2] He then returned to Melbourne in 1963, where he lived in the south-east suburbs until his death in November 2014.^[3]

References

1. "Longford hopes to play Way this week.". Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 – 1954) (Launceston, Tas.: National Library of Australia). 23 June 1954. p. 23. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
2. "Longford Prove too Strong For Scottsdale.". North-Eastern Advertiser (Scottsdale, Tas. : 1909 – 1954) (Scottsdale, Tas.: National Library of Australia). 29 June 1954. p. 2. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
3. De Bolfo, Tony (8 November 2014). ""Bloodbath" Blue dies... and then there was one". carltonfc.com.au. Retrieved 8 November 2014.

External links

• Alex Way's statistics from AFL Tables
• Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
• Profile at Blueseum