Alf Swift

Alf Swift
Personal information
Full name Alfred Thomas Swift
Born (1871-08-05)5 August 1871
Port Elliot, South Australia
Died 8 May 1953(1953-05-08) (aged 81)
Parkville, Victoria
Original team South Adelaide
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1904 Essendon 7 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1904.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Alfred Thomas Swift (5 August 1871 – 8 May 1953) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

In 1912 he was found guilty of the manslaughter of his wife and sentenced to eight years in jail.

Notes

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 863. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ↑ "SWIFT'S HURRY". The Sun. No. 519. Sydney, New South Wales. 27 February 1912. p. 2.