Alan Edward Rait (9 November 1908 – 24 March 1965) 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 for Footscray 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). He also played with

North Hobart North Hobart is a suburb of the city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. As its name suggests, it lies directly north of the Hobart City Centre. The main street of North Hobart is Elizabeth Street, which extends northward from the Elizabeth Stre ...

in the TANFL, kicking 847 goals and topping the league's goal-kicking eight times.

Family

The son of James Fulton Rait (1880–1946) and Florence Agnes Green (1876–1969), Alan Edward Rait was born in the Hobart suburb of Glebe on 9 November 1908.

Football

A full-forward, Rait began his career with North Hobart in 1927. He kicked over 100 goals in a season for the first time in 1929 and kicked a league record of 152 goals the following season. The record stood until 1976 when it was broken by

Peter Hudson Peter John Hudson Order of Australia, AM (born 19 February 1946) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (1897–1989), Victorian Football League (VFL) and for the New ...

. Rait's efforts in 1930 were rewarded with selection for Tasmania at the Adelaide Carnival. Rait went to the mainland in 1933 and joined Footscray in the VFL. In his debut season he kicked 59 goals which saw him top Footscray's goal-kicking. He managed just 4 games in 1934 before an injury forced him to leave the club. He returned to play for

and topped the league's goal-kicking table for the years 1935, 1936 and 1937.

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* * 1908 births 1965 deaths Australian rules footballers from Tasmania Western Bulldogs players North Hobart Football Club players North Hobart Football Club coaches Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame inductees {{AFL-bio-1908-stub