Alexander Mitchell Morgan (5 June 1908 – 10 March 1957) 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 the

Hawthorn Football Club The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Mulgrave, Victoria, that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club was founded in 1902 in the inner-east suburb of Hawth ...

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).

Family

The son of David Morgan, and Mary Moir Morgan, née Mitchell, Alexander Mitchell Morgan was born at

Castlemaine, Victoria Castlemaine ( , Variation in Australian English, non-locally also ) is a town in west central Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, in the Goldfields region of Victoria, Goldfields region about 123 kilometres (76 miles) northwest by road ...

on 5 June 1908. He married Estell Mavis Hartshorn (1915–present) at

Mildura Mildura ( ) is a regional city in north-west Victoria, Australia. Located on the Victorian side of the Murray River, Mildura had a population of 34,565 at the 2021 census. When nearby Wentworth, Irymple, Nichols Point, Merbein and Red ...

on 16 April 1935.

Football

Recruited from Yarrawonga, Morgan played in Hawthorn's Round 1 game against Collingwood. He was dropped to the Seconds and did not manage another senior game.

Military service

Morgan later served in the Australian Army during World War II.

Death

He died at the

Royal Melbourne Hospital The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH), located in Parkville, Victoria, an inner suburb of Melbourne, is one of Australia's leading public hospitals. It is a major teaching hospital for tertiary health care with a reputation in clinical research. Th ...

, in

Parkville, Victoria Parkville is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne's Melbourne City Centre, Central Business District, located within the Cities of City of Melbourne, Melbourne and City of Merri-bek, M ...

, on 10 March 1957.Deaths: Morgan, ''The Age'', (Monday, 11 March 1957), p.11.
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Notes

References

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World War Two Nominal Roll: Alexander Mitchell Morgan (VX16983), ''Department of Veterans' Affairs''.

World War Two Nominal Roll: Warrant Officer Class 1 Alexander Mitchell Morgan (VX114817), ''Department of Veterans' Affairs''.
* B883, VX114817: World War Two Service Record: Alexander Mitchell Morgan (VX114817), ''National Archives of Australia''. * B884, VX16983: World War Two Service Record: Alexander Mitchell Morgan (VX16983), ''National Archives of Australia''.

External links

* * 1908 births 1957 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Hawthorn Football Club players Yarrawonga Football Club players 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1908-stub