Alex Denney

Alexander David Denney (24 June 1926 – 26 April 2004) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[3]

Alex Denney
Personal information
Full name Alexander David Denney[1]
Date of birth (1926-06-24)24 June 1926
Place of birth Wycheproof, Victoria
Date of death 26 April 2004(2004-04-26) (aged 77)
Original team(s) Wycheproof / Caulfield Grammar[2]
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1947–1948 Collingwood 35 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1948.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of Powley Denney (1893-1964),[4] and Nellie Violet Denney (1894-1947), née Glover,[5] Alexander David Denney was born in Wycheproof, Victoria on 24 June 1926.

In 1949 he married Betty Lois Coventry, the daughter of Gordon Coventry.[6]

Education

He was educated at Caulfield Grammar School from 1939 to 1942,[7] where he distinguished himself not only as a footballer and a cricketer, but also as an outstanding athlete.[8]

He won the Open 100 yards, 220 yards, and 440 yards races, the 120 yards hurdles, and the long jump at the school's October 1942 Annual Sports.[9] Later that month, when competing for the school in the Associated Grammar Schools of Victoria Combined Sports on 23 October 1942, he broke the (23 years') record for the Open 100 yards (he won by four yards, in 10 ​3⁄10 secs),[10] came second on the Open 220 yards, and won the Open 440 yards.[11]

Football

Recruited from Wycheproof in 1947, he played in his first senior VFL match, against South Melbourne, on 10 May 1947, as a replacement for the injured Des Fothergill.[12]

Notes
  1. "World War Two Nominal Roll". Government of Australia. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  2. "School star excels". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 12 May 1947. p. 12. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  3. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.222.
  4. Deaths: Denney, The Age, (Friday, 31 July 1964), p.23.
  5. Deaths: Denney, The Argus, (Tuesday, 23 December 1947), p.11.
  6. Engagements: Coventry—Denney, The Argus, (Monday, 24 May 1948), p.7.
  7. Webber (1981), p.289.
  8. Wilkinson (1997), pp.112, 115, 117, and 118.
  9. Caulfield G.S. Sports, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 10 October 1942), p.3; School Sports, The Age, (Monday, 12 October 1942), p.4.
  10. See photograph at: Combined Sports of Associated Grammar Schools: Finish of 100 Yards Open Championship, The Australasian, (Saturday, 31 October 1942), p.17.
  11. Boy Athlete Breaks 19 Year Old Record, The Herald, (Friday, 23 October 1942), p.3; School Sports, The Argus, (Saturday, 24 October 1942), p.9.
  12. School Star Excels, The Argus, (Monday, 12 May 1947), p.12.

References
  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  • Webber, Horace (1981). Years May Pass On... Caulfield Grammar School, 1881–1981. Centenary Committee, Caulfield Grammar School, (East St Kilda). ISBN 0-9594242-0-2.
  • Wilkinson, Ian R. (1997). The Fields At Play – 115 years of sport at Caulfield Grammar School 1881–1996. Playright Publishing. ISBN 0-949853-60-7.
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