Alfred Waldron (footballer)

Alfred 'Topsy' Waldron
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Personal information
Full name	Alfred Edward Waldron
Date of birth	26 February 1857
Place of birth	Mornington, Victoria, Australia
Date of death
Place of death	Adelaide, South Australia
Original team(s)	Albert-park
Position(s)	Utility
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1877-1878 1879–1892	Carlton Norwood	? ?
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1892 season.
Career highlights
Norwood captain, ten seasons 8x Norwood premiership player Carlton premiership player (1877) Championship of Australia winner, 1888 Inducted into the South Australian Football Hall of Fame

Alfred Edward 'Topsy' Waldron (26 February 1857 – 7 June 1929) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Norwood in the South Australian Football Association (SAFA) during the 19th century. He also played a couple of first-class cricket matches for South Australia.

Waldron, who was captain of Norwood for a club record ten seasons, played in eight of their early premiership teams, six as captain. He had started his career at Albert-park and then crossed to Carlton in the Victorian Football Association (VFA). After playing in Carlton's 1877 VFA premiership side, Waldron was convinced by a friend to go to Norwood and he joined them for their second season in the SAFA.

In 1888, Waldron captained Norwood to victory in the inaugural Championship of Australia. The club took on South Melbourne at Kensington Oval for the title and won the series 3–0. He also captained South Australia in three inter-colonial games and played in three others. When the South Australian Football Hall of Fame was opened to inductees in 2002, Waldron was one of the first added and the oldest.

His two first-class cricket matches were played almost five years apart, in the 1881/82 and 1887/88 summers. Waldron failed with the bat in both but took 3 for 18 against Victoria at the Adelaide Oval in what was the only innings he bowled in. One of those wickets was Test cricketer Tup Scott.

External links

• Alfred Waldron's profile from AustralianFootball.com
• Cricinfo: Alfred Waldron