Alec Eason

Alexander Eason (8 November 1889 – 5 May 1956) was an Australian rules football player, coach and administrator in the Victorian Football League and Victorian Football Association.

Family The seventh of the eight children of Richard Alexander Eason (1842–1909), and Annabella Bayfield Eason (1845–1921), née Sisson, Alexander Eason was born at Geelong, Victoria on 8 November 1889.

He married Sarah Isobel Huggett (1885–1950) in 1911. They had eight children.

One of his brothers, William Eason (1882–1957), played for, and coached Geelong in the VFL; another of his brothers, George Alexander Eason (1882–1957), was due to play for Geelong in its Finals match against St Kilda on 9 September 1899, but died as the consequence of a ruptured liver sustained in a football match, when playing for the Barwon Football Club, on the preceding Saturday; and his son, Richard Thomas Eason (1913–1979), played with both Footscray and Essendon in the VFL.

Football Eason was a talented and hard-working player, nicknamed "Bunny" because of his speed. His accuracy with both kicking (particularly stab-kicking) and handpassing were highly regarded, as was his ability to win the ball from either his or his opponents' ruck tap-outs, and he was considered one of the finest rovers in Victoria in the early 1920s. earning selection for Victoria in interstate football during that time.

In 1922, Eason crossed to Footscray in the VFA without a clearance, and played there until 1924, continuing to earn high acclaim and winning two premierships; he received £12 per week at Footscray, with the Sporting Globe reporting that he was the highest paid footballer at that time. and he crossed to Brighton for the final year of his senior career.

He later coached Footscray in the VFL for the 1929 season, Ballarat Imperial in 1932 and Prahran in the latter part of the 1933 season. He became an administrator at Footscray, serving as chairman of selectors. He was well-regarded for his on-field and off-field wit, and wrote columns for the Sporting Globe. and was buried at the Footscray General Cemetery.

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