Alan Quartermaine

Alan R. Quartermaine (born 23 November 1951) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the East Perth Football Club in what is now the West Australian Football League (WAFL). Debuting in 1969, he won the 1975 Sandover Medal as the best player in the competition, but retired in 1979 after just 108 senior games.

Football career Quartermaine was born in Katanning, Western Australia, playing under-17s football at the age of 11 and making his debut for the Katanning Wanderers in the Upper Great Southern Football League (UGSFL) at the age of 15. The WANFL had no country zoning at the time, and several clubs wished to recruit him, with East Perth eventually signing him. He played four games in the 1969 season, but most of his time was devoted to completing an economics degree at the University of Western Australia. He represented the university's football club in the Western Australian Amateur Football League (WAAFL) in the 1970 and 1971, gaining Amateur All-Australian selection in both seasons, and playing in the club's 1971 premiership. Quartermaine returned to East Perth for the 1972 season after the completion of his studies, missing out on the club's grand final win due to a three-week suspension for rough play in the second semi-final. He was selected for Western Australia in 1974, leading to offers from several Victorian Football League (VFL) clubs, which he turned down. and won the Swim Thru Rottnest (now the Rottnest Channel Swim) in 1981. He later pleaded guilty to three charges of assault and one charge of assault occasioning bodily harm, and was fined A$4,500; his son, Joel Quartermaine, was also charged over the incident and received a $4,000 fine and a spent conviction.