Alf Hughes

Australian rules footballer (1930–2019)

Australian rules footballer
Alf Hughes
Personal information
Full name Alfred Norman Hughes
Date of birth (1930-06-25)25 June 1930
Date of death 16 June 2019(2019-06-16) (aged 88)
Original team(s) East Brunswick
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1953–1959 Hawthorn 107 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1959.
Career highlights
  • Hawthorn best and fairest: 1957
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Alfred Norman Hughes (25 June 1930 – 16 June 2019) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the VFL during the 1950s.[1]

Hughes was recruited from East Brunswick and played mainly in the back pockets for Hawthorn. In 1957 he won Hawthorn's best and fairest award and finished equal 7th in the Brownlow Medal count.

Honours and achievements

Individual

  • Hawthorn best and fairest: 1957
  • Hawthorn life member

References

  1. ^ "Vale Alf Hughes".

External links

  • Alf Hughes's playing statistics from AFL Tables
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Peter Crimmins Medal • Hawthorn Football Club best and fairest winners