Australian rules footballer, born 1904
Australian rules footballer
Alick Lill Full name
Alick Gladstone Lill Date of birth
(1904-05-10 ) 10 May 1904 Place of birth
Stepney, South Australia Date of death
31 December 1987(1987-12-31) (aged 83) Original team(s)
Marryatville[1] Years
Club
Games (Goals) 1923–1931
Norwood
123 (9) Years
Team
Games (Goals)
South Australia
20 Years
Club
Games (W–L–D) 1931, 1933–34
Norwood
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1931.
Source: AustralianFootball.com
Alick Gladstone Lill (10 May 1904 – 31 December 1987)[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Norwood in the SANFL .[3]
Debuting in 1923, Lill was a tall centreman and was a member of three premiership sides at Norwood. He won the club's Best and Fairest award in 1924, 1925 and 1927. In 1925 he also won a Magarey Medal and from 1925 to 1930 he was a regular South Australian representative at interstate football, appearing in a total of 20 games. After 123 games for Norwood, Lill retired in 1931 due to constant knee injuries and later served as Norwood's coach for a brief period.
Lill's son John had a noted South Australian sporting career.
He worked at the state bank of South Australia, as a branch manager.
Full-forward Half-forward Centre Half-back Full-back Ruck Interchange
1878–1880: Osborn
1881–1884: Waldron
1885–1886: Roberts
1887–1890: Waldron
1891: Grayson
1892: Waldron
1893: Plunkett
1893–1895: Daly
1896: Holbrook
1897–1898: Correll
1899: Peters
1900: Plunkett
1901–1902: Barnes
1903: Plunkett
1904: Newland
1905: Gosse
1906: Dawson/Newland
1907–1908: Barr
1909–1910: Woods
1911–1912: Barr
1913: Plunkett
1914: Millhouse
1915: Packham
1919–1921: Hutton
1922–1924: Leahy
1925: White
1926–1932: Scott
1931: Lill
1931: Wadham
1933–1934: Lill
1935: Jack Sexton
1935: Johnson
1935: Woodfoofe
1935–1937: Ackland
1938–1939: Arthur
1940: Hardiman/Smith
1941: McCallum
1945–1956: J. Oatey
1957–1958: Bunton
1959–1962: Killigrew
1963–1964: Olds
1965–1967: Bunton
1968–1973: R. Oatey
1974–1979: Hammond
1980–1990: Balme
1991–1995: Craig
1996–1999: Rohde
2000–2001: Roberts
2002–2004: McIntosh
2005: Lewis
2006–2009: Hill
2009: Cotton
2010–2013: Bassett
2014–present: Warren
South Australian squad – 1925 Interstate Matches
South Australia 8.9 (57) defeated Western Australia 7.12 (54), at Subiaco Oval , 21 June 1925
South Australia 11.11 (77) defeated Victoria 11.8 (74), at Adelaide Oval , 4 July 1925
Victoria 12.16 (88) defeated South Australia 11.9 (75), at Melbourne Cricket Ground , 15 August 1925
South Australian squad – 1927 Interstate Carnival
Western Australia 12.15 (87) defeated South Australia 9.18 (72)
Victoria 21.19 (145) defeated South Australia 14.12 (96)
South Australia 20.23 (143) defeated Tasmania 14.24 (108)
South Australia 29.20 (194) defeated New South Wales 6.11 (47)