Alec Eason

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title: "Alec Eason" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1889-births", "1956-deaths", "carji-greeves-medal-winners", "geelong-football-club-players", "geelong-football-club-captains", "richmond-football-club-players", "footscray-football-club-(vfa)-players", "brighton-football-club-players", "western-bulldogs-coaches", "ballarat-imperial-football-club-players", "prahran-football-club-coaches", "australian-rules-footballers-from-geelong", "australian-military-personnel-of-world-war-i", "military-personnel-from-victoria-(state)", "australian-people-of-english-descent", "sportspeople-of-english-descent", "20th-century-australian-sportsmen"] description: "Australian rules footballer, born 1887" topic_path: "history" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec_Eason" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Australian rules footballer, born 1887 ::

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Field	Value
name	Alec Eason
image	Alec Eason 1912.jpg
caption	Cigarette card of Eason in 1912
fullname	Alexander Eason
birth_date	8 November 1889
birth_place	Geelong, Victoria
death_date
death_place	Geelong, Victoria
originalteam	Barwon
debutdate	Round 12, 1909
debutteam	Geelong
debutopponent	Essendon
debutstadium	Corio Oval
height	175 cm
weight	78 kg
statsend	1921
years1	1909–1915
club1	Geelong
games_goals1	112 (57)
years2	1916
club2	Richmond
games_goals2	12 (8)
years3	1919–1921
club3	Geelong
games_goals3	38 (23)
games_goalstotal	162 (88)
coachyears1	1920
coachclub1	Geelong
coachgames_wins1	16 (5–11–0)
coachyears2	1929
coachclub2	Footscray
coachgames_wins2	18 (6–11–1)
coachgames_winstotal	34 (11–22–1)
careerhighlights	*Geelong Best & Fairest 1915
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| name = Alec Eason | image = Alec Eason 1912.jpg | caption = Cigarette card of Eason in 1912 | fullname = Alexander Eason | birth_date = 8 November 1889 | birth_place = Geelong, Victoria | death_date = | death_place = Geelong, Victoria | originalteam = Barwon | debutdate = Round 12, 1909 | debutteam = Geelong | debutopponent = Essendon | debutstadium = Corio Oval | height = 175 cm | weight = 78 kg | position = | statsend = 1921 | years1 = 1909–1915 | club1 = Geelong | games_goals1 = 112 (57) | years2 = 1916 | club2 = Richmond | games_goals2 = 12 (8) | years3 = 1919–1921 | club3 = Geelong | games_goals3 = 38 (23) | games_goalstotal = 162 (88) | coachyears1 = 1920 | coachclub1 = Geelong | coachgames_wins1 = 16 (5–11–0) | coachyears2 = 1929 | coachclub2 = Footscray | coachgames_wins2 = 18 (6–11–1) | coachgames_winstotal = 34 (11–22–1) | careerhighlights = *Geelong Best & Fairest 1915

• Geelong Hall of Fame and Team of the Century

Alexander Eason (8 November 1889 – 5 May 1956) was an Australian rules football player, coach and administrator in the Victorian Football League and Victorian Football Association.

Family

The seventh of the eight children of Richard Alexander Eason (1842–1909), and Annabella Bayfield Eason (1845–1921), née Sisson, Alexander Eason was born at Geelong, Victoria on 8 November 1889.

He married Sarah Isobel Huggett (1885–1950) in 1911. They had eight children.

One of his brothers, William Eason (1882–1957), played for, and coached Geelong in the VFL; another of his brothers, George Alexander Eason (1882–1957), was due to play for Geelong in its Finals match against St Kilda on 9 September 1899, but died as the consequence of a ruptured liver sustained in a football match, when playing for the Barwon Football Club, on the preceding Saturday; and his son, Richard Thomas Eason (1913–1979), played with both Footscray and Essendon in the VFL.

Football

Eason was a talented and hard-working player, nicknamed "Bunny" because of his speed. His accuracy with both kicking (particularly stab-kicking) and handpassing were highly regarded, as was his ability to win the ball from either his or his opponents' ruck tap-outs, and he was considered one of the finest rovers in Victoria in the early 1920s. He had two fingers on his right hand missing, but this did not greatly affect his skill. A highly regarded rover, Eason played most of his football for the Geelong Football Club, playing a total of 150 games for the club between 1909 and 1921. His time at Geelong was broken up by World War I: upon Geelong's withdrawal from the league in 1916, he crossed to Richmond and played twelve games there, before enlisting and serving in the war for the next two years. He returned to play for Geelong from 1919 until 1921, earning selection for Victoria in interstate football during that time.

In 1922, Eason crossed to Footscray in the VFA without a clearance, and played there until 1924, continuing to earn high acclaim and winning two premierships; he received £12 per week at Footscray, with the Sporting Globe reporting that he was the highest paid footballer at that time. In 1925, when Footscray joined the VFL, Eason was unable to remain with the club due to his suspension from the VFL for leaving Geelong without a clearance, and he crossed to Brighton for the final year of his senior career.

He later coached Footscray in the VFL for the 1929 season, Ballarat Imperial in 1932 and Prahran in the latter part of the 1933 season. He became an administrator at Footscray, serving as chairman of selectors. He was well-regarded for his on-field and off-field wit, and wrote columns for the Sporting Globe.

Recognition

He is a member of Geelong's Hall of Fame and was named on the interchange bench of the club's Team of the Century.

Death

He died (suddenly) at Geelong on 5 May 1956, and was buried at the Footscray General Cemetery.

Footnotes

References

• Hogan P: The Tigers of Old: A complete History of Every Player to Represent the Richmond Football Club between 1908 and 1996, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996.
• First World War Embarkation Roll: Private Alexander Eason (6999), collection of the Australian War Memorial.
• First World War Nominal Roll: Private Alexander Eason (6999), collection of the Australian War Memorial.
• First World War Service Record: Private Alexander Eason (6999), National Archives of Australia.

References

1. [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article147929555 Deaths: Eason, ''The Geelong Advertiser'', (Monday, 19 April 1909), p.1.]
2. [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article165780116 Deaths: Eason, ''The Geelong Advertiser'', (Tuesday, 13 September 1921), p.1.]
3. An older brother, also "Alexander Eason" (1885–1886), died (aged 15 months) on 21 September 1886 ([http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article149046610 Death: Eason, ''The Geelong Advertiser'', (Wednesday, 22 September 1886), p.2]).
4. [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article150101225 Pre-Maternity Claim, ''The Geelong Advertiser'' (Wednesday, 13 September 1911), p.6.]
5. [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9029156Fatal Football Accident, ''The Argus'', (Tuesday, 5 September 1899), p.6.]
6. [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article150445199 (Report of Death), ''The Geelong Advertiser'', (Tuesday, 5 September 1899), p.2.]
7. (3 May 1924). "Brilliancy of veteran Alex Eason". The Sporting Globe.
8. (11 July 1921). "Australian carnival – Victorian team". The Argus.
9. (25 July 1922). "Will Eason return?". Geelong Advertiser.
10. Qui vive. (27 June 1925). "Much discussed player – Norman Ford, of Coburg". The Sporting Globe.
11. (9 July 1925). "Eason for Brighton". The Argus.
12. (8 March 1926). "A. Eason to coach Sunshine". The Age.
13. (13 February 1932). "1932 - The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic)". Alec Eason Coach At Ballarat.
14. Alex Eason. (7 April 1937). "Making a machine at Footscray". The Sporting Globe.
15. [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71801341 Deaths: Eason, ''The Argus'', (Monday, 7 May 1956), p.10.]

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