Alex McFarlane
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| Full name | Thomas Alexander Hugh McFarlane | ||
| Nickname(s) | Bandy | ||
| Date of birth | 2 May 1887 | ||
| Place of birth | Semaphore, South Australia | ||
| Date of death | 1 November 1952 (aged 65) | ||
| Place of death | Alice Springs, Northern Territory | ||
| Height / weight | 76 kilograms (168 lb) | ||
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| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1909-1915, 1919 | Port Adelaide | 100 (28) | |
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| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 1914 | South Australia | 5 | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1919.
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| Source: AustralianFootball.com | |||
Thomas Alexander Hugh McFarlane was an Australian rules footballer who played for Port Adelaide.
McFarlane was the 15th child of Alexander Macfarlane, an immigrant from Scotland, and Mary Ann Tyzack who was born in Port Adelaide.
His uncle, Samuel Tyzack, was a foundation player for Port Adelaide in 1870.
Alex McFarlane died in Alice Springs on 1 November 1952.
Tom Leahy described him as being "Tremendously strong, played very fairly, but very hard. I was against him many times, and he was a tough man to beat.
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