Alan Belcher

Alan Belcher (footballer)

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Alan Belcher
Personal information
Full name	Alan M. P. Belcher
Date of birth	(1884-12-02) 2 December 1884 (age 127)
Date of death	3 July 1921(1921-07-03) (aged 36)
Original team	Brunswick (VFA)
Height/Weight	179 cm / 86 kg
Position(s)	Ruckman
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1904 1906–1919 Total	Collingwood Essendon	4 (1) 176 (40) 180 (41)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
1906, 1907, 1911	Victoria
Coaching career³
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1910	Essendon	19 (12–7–0)
¹ Playing statistics to end of 1919 season . ² State and International statistics correct as of 1911. ³ Coaching statistics correct as of 1910.
Career highlights
Essendon premiership captain 1912 Essendon captain 1910, 1912–1915, 1919

Alan Belcher (2 December 1884 – 3 July 1921) was an Australian rules footballer who played with and coached Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was the brother of South Melbourne player Vic Belcher.

Belcher started his career with Collingwood but it was with Essendon that he established himself as one of the premier ruckmen in the league. He formed a combination in the ruck with Fred Baring and Ernie Cameron, culminating in premiership success in 1912.

He was captain-coach in 1910 and represented Victoria at interstate football in patches during his career. From 1912 to 1915 he captained the club again in 1919 but it would be his final season, a broken toe forcing him to retire.

External links

Alan Belcher's statistics from AFL Tables
Profile at Essendonfc.com

v t e Essendon Football Club 1912 VFL Premiers

Essendon 5.17 (47) defeated South Melbourne 4.9 (33), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Captain: 1. Belcher 2. Armstrong 4. Bowe 5. Baring 7. Chalmers 9. Kirkwood 10. Hanley 11. Kirby 12. Martin 14. McLeod 16. Ogden 17. Sewart 18. Shea 19. White 20. Walker 25. O'Brien 27. Caine 29. Griffith

Coach: Worrall

Captains of the Essendon Football Club

1897–1900: Stuckey
1901–1902: Collins
1903–1904: Anderson
1904: Gavin
1905: Robinson
1906: McKenzie
1907–1909: Griffith
1910: Belcher
1911: Smith
1912–1915: Belcher
1918: Baring
1919: Belcher
1920–1921: Ogden
1922–1924: Barker
1925–1928: Maher
1929–1930: Ruddell
1931–1933: Campbell
1935–1934: Forbes
1936–1937: Baggott
1937: Forbes
1938: Webster
1939–1950: Reynolds
1951–1957: Hutchison
1958–1964: Clarke
1965–1968: Fraser
1969: McKenzie
1970–1971: Davis
1972–1975: Tuddenham
1976: Moss
1977–1979: Fletcher
1980–1981: Madden
1982: N. Daniher
1983–1988: T. Daniher
1989–1991: T. Watson
1992–1995: Thompson
1996–1997: O'Donnell
1998–1999: Hird
1999: Long
2000–2005: Hird
2006–2009: Lloyd
2010–: J. Watson

v t e Coaches of the Essendon Football Club

1908–1909: Smith 1910: Belcher 1911–1915; 1918–1920:* Worrall 1920–1921: Ogden 1922: Gravenall 1922–1924: Barker 1925–1927: Maher 1928–1930: Hardy 1931–1933: Campbell 1934–1935: May 1936–1939: Baggott 1939: Reynolds/Hunter 1939–1960: Reynolds 1941: Griggs 1944: Plummer 1945; 1946: Ruddell 1959: Thaw 1961–1967: Coleman 1965: Sewell 1968–1970: Clarke 1971: Birt 1972–1975: Tuddenham 1976–1977: Stephen 1978–1980: Davis 1981–2007: Sheedy 2006: O'Donnell 2008–2010: Knights 2011–: Hird

Essendon did not participate in the VFL from 1916–1917 due to World War I Italics* denote caretaker coach

Persondata
Name	Belcher, Alan
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer-coach
Date of birth	2 December 1884
Place of birth
Date of death	3 July 1921
Place of death

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