Alby Bahr

Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer
Alby Bahr
Personal information
Full name John Albert Bahr
Date of birth (1881-09-30)30 September 1881
Place of birth Yanyarrie, South Australia
Date of death 14 November 1962(1962-11-14) (aged 81)
Place of death Magill, South Australia
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1902-1912 Norwood 132 (49)
Total 132 (49)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
1905-1912 South Australia 8 (0)
Coaching career3
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
1907-1908, 1911-1912 Norwood 48 (29–18–1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1912.
3 Coaching statistics correct as of 1912.
Career highlights
  • 4x Norwood premiership player 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907
  • Norwood premiership captain-coach 1907
  • Norwood Captain 1907-1910, 1912
  • South Australia Captain (1908 Melbourne Carnival)
  • 2x Norwood Best and Fairest 1904, 1908
  • Norwood Team of the Century (Back Pocket)
  • South Australian Football Hall of Fame inaugural inductee 2002
  • Norwood Hall of Fame inductee
  • Norwood Player Life Member

Alby Bahr (30 September 1881 – 14 November 1962) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Norwood Football Club in the South Australian Football Association/League (SAFA/SAFL). Considered one of Norwood's finest players of the early 1900s,[1] Bahr was recognised beyond his club by being appointed state captain in 1908 for South Australia for the inaugural interstate carnival held in Melbourne. Bahr has been recognised posthumously as a significant player, being named in the Back Pocket in Norwood's Team of the Century and being inducted into the Norwood and South Australian Halls of Fame.[2]

References

  1. ^ "PLAYERS - BAHR, John (Alby)". Redlegs Museum. Media 235. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  2. ^ "JOHN A. (ALBY) BAHR". South Australian Football Hall of Fame. SANFL. Retrieved 31 May 2020.

External links

  • Alby Bahr at AustralianFootball.com
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Coaches of the Norwood Football Club
  • 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
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South Australian squad – 1905 Interstate matches
South Australia (SAFA) 8.14 (62) d Victoria (VFA) 6.9 (45), 24 June 1905, Richmond Cricket Ground

South Australia (SAFA) 11.12 (78) d Broken Hill (Barrier Ranges FA) 1.7 (13), 22 July 1905, Adelaide Oval

South Australia (SAFA) 7.12 (54) d Victoria (VFA) 7.9 (51), 5 August 1905, Adelaide Oval
All Matches
Game 1 v Victoria
  • Aldersey
  • Daly
  • Davis
  • Fletcher
  • Hill
  • James
  • McKenna
  • Tierney
Match v Broken Hill
Game 2 v Victoria
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South Australian Team1908 Jubilee Australasian Football Carnival
Western Australia 8.11 (59) defeated South Australia 8.5 (53), at Melbourne Cricket Ground, 22 August 1908
Victoria 10.15 (75) defeated South Australia 2.14 (26), at Melbourne Cricket Ground, 26 August 1908
South Australia 16.20 (116) defeated Tasmania 7.7 (49), at Melbourne Cricket Ground, 29 August 1908


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