Alex Kerr
Cigarette card of Kerr in 1909
Personal information
Full name Alexander Kerr
Date of birth 13 November 1880
Place of birth Port Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death 1 February 1965(1965-02-01) (aged 84)
Place of death Hawthorn, Victoria
Original team(s) Port Rovers
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1906–1911 South Melbourne 74 (57)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1911.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Alexander Kerr (13 November 1880 – 1 February 1965)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Kerr, known by his nickname of "Bubs", was a rover, recruited from Metropolitan Junior Football Association side Port Rovers.[2]

A knee injury brought an early end to his debut season and kept him out of action for over a year, until he came back into the team late in the 1907 VFL season. In just his third game back, Kerr kicked four goals in a semi final win over Collingwood.[3] He then appeared as one of South Melbourne's followers in the 1907 Grand Final, which ended in a Carlton victory.[3]

He appeared in all possible 21 games for South Melbourne in 1909, including their grand final win, when they reversed the result from two years earlier and defeated Carlton.[3]

From 1912, until the war, Kerr played for Prahran.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Alex Kerr - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  2. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  3. ^ a b c AFL Tables: Alex Kerr


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