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Alan Fields (29 March 1914 – 21 February 1998) was an
Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...
er who played with Fitzroy in the
Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...
(VFL) during the 1940s. Fields was a defender and debuted in 1939, appearing for the club 19 times in his first two seasons before missing the 1941, 1942 and 1943 seasons as he was serving in World War 2 in the 2nd/7th Australian Infantry Battalion. He returned in 1944 and won a premiership. https://collection.australiansportsmuseum.org.au/objects/5960/photograph-of-fitzroy-fc-1944-premiership-team-c1980


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2004 obituary of Maurie Hearn, mentioning Clen Denning and Laurie Bickerton as the surviving members of the Maroons' 1944 side
1914 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Fitzroy Football Club players Fitzroy Football Club premiership players Warragul Football Club players 1998 deaths VFL/AFL premiership players 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1914-stub