| Alan Cordner | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Private J.A. Cordner (from a Red Cross file) | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Joseph Alan Cordner | ||
| Date of birth | 6 May 1890 | ||
| Place of birth | Bridgewater On Loddon | ||
| Date of death | 25 April 1915 (aged 24) | ||
| Place of death | near Cape Helles, Gallipoli, Ottoman Turkey | ||
| Original team(s) | Hamilton | ||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1911–1912 | Geelong | 3 (0) | |
| 1913–1914 | Collingwood | 20 (2) | |
| Total | 23 (2) | ||
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1914. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Joseph Alan Cordner (6 May 1890 – 25 April 1915) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
He was killed at Cape Helles in Ottoman Turkey during the initial invasion of the Gallipoli peninsula by the forces of the First AIF (Australian Imperial Force) on 25 April 1915.[1]
- ^ Despite various suggestions given over time, related to particular individuals, it is clear that at least six former VFL footballers were killed during the chaos of the landing at Anzac Cove – Rupert Balfe (University), Alan Cordner (Geelong and Collingwood), Claude Crowl (St Klda), Charlie Fincher (South Melbourne), Fen McDonald (Carlton and Melbourne), and Joe Pearce (Melbourne) – it can never be definitively argued that one of these men was "the first VFL footballer killed in the First World War".