Alf Sharp

Alf Sharp
Personal information
Full name	Alf Sharp
Date of birth	3 February 1881
Date of death	1 September 1966 (aged 85)
Original team(s)	Fitzroy Juniors
Height/Weight	183 cm / 81 kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1903-1904 1905 Total	Fitzroy Carlton	19 (0) 05 (0) 24 (0)
^1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1905 season.

Alf Sharp (3 February 1881 – 1 September 1966) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

When Sharp appeared for Fitzroy in the 1903 VFL Grand Final it was just his fifth league game and would also be the first loss of his career.^[1] He was a back pocket defender in Fitzroy's premiership winning team the following season.^[1]

He isn't known to have been related to premiership teammate Jim Sharp but did have a son, Mickey Sharp, who played for the club in the 1930s and early 1940s.^[2]

References

1. AFL Tables: Alf Sharp
2. Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.