Alby Yeo

Albert Yeo (6 November 1929[1] – 10 June 2014[2]) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[3] Essendon cleared Yeo to fellow VFL side St Kilda midway through the 1958 season, but he did not play any senior games for them.

Alby Yeo
Personal information
Full name Albert Yeo
Date of birth (1929-11-06)6 November 1929
Date of death 10 June 2014(2014-06-10) (aged 84)
Place of death Barmera
Original team(s) West Adelaide
Height 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Position(s) Back pocket
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1958 Essendon 5 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1958.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Originally from Barmera in the Riverland region, he previously played for Glenelg and West Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League. He was named in the Riverland Football League's Team of the Century in 2009.[4]

Notes
  1. "Find A Grave".
  2. "Berri Barmera Council - YEO, ALBERT". www.berribarmera.sa.gov.au. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  3. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 978. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  4. Charleton, Graham (28 June 2012). "Legend of Local Football". Riverland Weekly. p. 39. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
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