Alexander McKenzie (footballer)

Alexander McKenzie
Alexander McKenzie with Port Adelaide in 1893.
Personal information
Full name Alexander Malcolm McKenzie[1]
Nickname(s) Alec,[2] Alick,[3] Mac[1]
Date of birth 7 September 1870
Place of birth Sellicks Hill, South Australia
Date of death 25 September 1914(1914-09-25) (aged 44)
Place of death South Africa
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[4]
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)[4]
Position(s) Forward
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
1889, 1891–1895 Port Adelaide (SANFL) 80 (192)
1890 Adelaide (SANFL) 5 (7)
1896 Imperials (WAFL) 4 (9)
1896 Coolgardie 2 (4)
1897 Kalgoorlie City (GFL) 10 (27)
Total 102 (239)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
1892–1894 South Australia 2 (2)[5][6]
Career highlights
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Alexander McKenzie was an Australian rules footballer for Port Adelaide.[7] He was noted to be able to kick a football 75 yards without the assistance of wind.[4]

  1. ^ a b "A Departed Footballer". The Umpire. Vol. 5, no. 15. Western Australia. 14 April 1900. p. 4. Retrieved 20 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Football". Evening Journal. Vol. XXI, no. 5886. South Australia. 15 July 1889. p. 3 (Second Edition). Retrieved 22 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Football". Kalgoorlie Miner. Vol. II, no. 559. Western Australia. 3 August 1897. p. 3. Retrieved 20 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ a b c "Popular Footballers". Coolgardie Mining Review. No. 64. Western Australia. 26 December 1896. p. 24. Retrieved 20 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Intercolonial Football". South Australian Register. Vol. LVII, no. 14, 234. South Australia. 27 June 1892. p. 7. Retrieved 22 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Football". South Australian Register. Vol. LIX, no. 14, 880. South Australia. 23 July 1894. p. 6. Retrieved 22 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Australian Football - Alex McKenzie - Player Bio". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 14 December 2017.