Alexander Grenville Stewart Proudfoot (14 September 1906 – 24 June 1995) was an
Australian rules footballer who played for the
St Kilda Football Club
The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier league.
The club's name originates fr ...
and
Melbourne Football Club in the
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). I ...
(VFL).
Family
The son of Alexander George Proudfoot (1873–1943) and Mabel Clemence (May) Grenville (1880–1906), Alexander Grenville Stewart Proudfoot was born at Queenstown, Tasmania on 14 September 1906. His mother died when he was one month old and he moved with his father to Coopers Creek in Gippsland.
Proudfoot was the nephew of Collingwood player
Bill Proudfoot
William Henry Proudfoot (11 June 1868 – 11 January 1931) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Victorian Football Association (VFA).
Family
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Football
Proudfoot initially travelled from Erica in Gippsland to play with St Kilda but after four senior appearances over 12 months he moved to Brunswick during the 1927 season.
After two strong season with Brunswick in the Victorian Football Association, Proudfoot transferred to Melbourne for the 1929 season. He made a single senior appearance in Round 14 before returning to Brunswick in 1930
and then moved to Coburg in 1932.
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External links
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Alec Proudfoot's playing statisticsfrom The VFA Project
1906 births
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
St Kilda Football Club players
Melbourne Football Club players
Brunswick Football Club players
Coburg Football Club players
1995 deaths
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