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Alby Millard
Personal information
Full name Albert Ernest James Millard
Date of birth (1906-06-14)14 June 1906
Place of birth Hawthorn, Victoria
Date of death 5 January 1983(1983-01-05) (aged 76)
Place of death Ferntree Gully, Victoria
Original team(s) Camberwell
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1926 Hawthorn 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1926.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Albert Ernest James Millard (14 June 1906 – 5 January 1983) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

The son of Vivian Harry Millard and Evelyn Reynolds, Alby Millard grew up in the Hawthorn area and joined Hawthorn at the start of the 1926 VFL season having commenced his career with Camberwell in the Melbourne Districts League. He had the misfortune to injure a knee ligament in the final pre-season practice match[2] but returned via the reserves and played on the wing in the final game of the season against Melbourne.[3] Although frequently named in the better players in the reserves in 1927, he never played another senior game.

Alby Millard worked as a clicker after his football career. He married Lily Isabel Revitt and they lived in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne until his death in 1983.

References

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "FOOTBALL". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 27 April 1926. p. 17.
  3. ^ "FOOTBALL". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 10 September 1926. p. 5.