Albert Edward "Butch" Prior (15 January 1921 – 21 January 1971[1]) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the VFL during the 1940s.[2]

Albert Prior
Personal information
Full name Albert Edward Prior
Date of birth 15 January 1921
Place of birth Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death 21 January 1971(1971-01-21) (aged 50)
Place of death Donvale, Victoria
Original team(s) Camberwell (VFA)
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1941, 1944–50 Hawthorn 103 (258)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1950.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

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The son of Thomas Edward Prior (1882–1968), and Charlotte Nicholls Prior (1884–1956), née Jensen,[3] Albert Edward Prior was born at Melbourne, Victoria on 15 January 1921.

He married June Ivy Rose Braden (1924–2003) in 1945.

Football

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A full-forward,[4][5][6] he topped Hawthorn's goalkicking in every season from 1946 to 1949 with a best of 67 goals in 1947. He kicked 8 goals in a match three times: against Footscray on 3 May 1947, against Richmond on 17 May 1947 and, in his last match for Hawthorn, in a season where Hawthorn lost all 18 of its home-and-away games, against South Melbourne on 19 August 1950.

In 1951 Prior was cleared from Hawthorn and was appointed coach of the East Hawthorn team in the Eastern Suburban League.[7][8]

Military service

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Prior also served in the Australian Army during World War II.[9]

Honours and achievements

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Individual

Notes

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  1. ^ Prior, Albert. "Albert Prior Genealogy". ancestry.com. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Known as 'Butch' because he was the local butcher" (australianfootball.com).
  3. ^ Deaths: Prior, The Argus, (Wednesday, 24 October 1956), p.18.
  4. ^ Goalkicker Reinstated, The Argus, (Wednesday, 4 May 1949), p.24.
  5. ^ VFL teams of 1949, The Argus, (Saturday, 13 August 1949), p.4.
  6. ^ Taylor, Percy, "League Footballers of 1950—Full Forwards, The Argus, (Saturday, 27 May 1950), p.6.
  7. ^ Six Footers at Footscray, The Age, (Thursday, 8 March 1951), p.18.
  8. ^ Andrew, George, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 10 March 1951), p.5.
  9. ^ Nominal Roll.

References

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