Australian rules footballer, born 1904
Australian rules footballer
Alick Lill Full name
Alick Gladstone Lill Date of birth
(1904-05-10 ) 10 May 1904 Place of birth
Stepney, South Australia Date of death
31 December 1987(1987-12-31) (aged 83) Original team(s)
Marryatville[1] Years
Club
Games (Goals) 1923–1931
Norwood
123 (9) Years
Team
Games (Goals)
South Australia
20 Years
Club
Games (W–L–D) 1931, 1933–34
Norwood
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1931.
Source: AustralianFootball.com
Alick Gladstone Lill (10 May 1904 – 31 December 1987)[2] Australian rules footballer who played with Norwood in the SANFL .[3]
Debuting in 1923, Lill was a tall centreman and was a member of three premiership sides at Norwood. He won the club's Best and Fairest award in 1924, 1925 and 1927. In 1925 he also won a Magarey Medal and from 1925 to 1930 he was a regular South Australian representative at interstate football, appearing in a total of 20 games. After 123 games for Norwood, Lill retired in 1931 due to constant knee injuries and later served as Norwood's coach for a brief period.
Lill's son John had a noted South Australian sporting career.
He worked at the state bank of South Australia, as a branch manager.
Full-forward Half-forward Centre Half-back Full-back Ruck Interchange
1878–1880: Osborn 1881–1884: Waldron 1885–1886: Roberts 1887–1890: Waldron 1891: Grayson 1892: Waldron 1893: Plunkett 1893–1895: Daly 1896: Holbrook 1897–1898: Correll 1899: Peters 1900: Plunkett 1901–1902: Barnes 1903: Plunkett 1904: Newland 1905: Gosse 1906: Dawson/Newland 1907–1908: Barr 1909–1910: Woods 1911–1912: Barr 1913: Plunkett 1914: Millhouse 1915: Packham 1919–1921: Hutton 1922–1924: Leahy 1925: White 1926–1932: Scott 1931: Lill 1931: Wadham 1933–1934: Lill 1935: Jack Sexton 1935: Johnson 1935: Woodfoofe 1935–1937: Ackland 1938–1939: Arthur 1940: Hardiman/Smith 1941: McCallum 1945–1956: J. Oatey 1957–1958: Bunton 1959–1962: Killigrew 1963–1964: Olds 1965–1967: Bunton 1968–1973: R. Oatey 1974–1979: Hammond 1980–1990: Balme 1991–1995: Craig 1996–1999: Rohde 2000–2001: Roberts 2002–2004: McIntosh 2005: Lewis 2006–2009: Hill 2009: Cotton 2010–2013: Bassett 2014–present: Warren
South Australian squad – 1925 Interstate Matches
South Australia 8.9 (57) defeated Western Australia 7.12 (54), at Subiaco Oval
South Australia 11.11 (77) defeated Victoria 11.8 (74), at Adelaide Oval
Victoria 12.16 (88) defeated South Australia 11.9 (75), at Melbourne Cricket Ground
South Australian squad – 1927 Interstate Carnival
Western Australia 12.15 (87) defeated South Australia 9.18 (72)
Victoria 21.19 (145) defeated South Australia 14.12 (96) South Australia 20.23 (143) defeated Tasmania 14.24 (108)
South Australia 29.20 (194) defeated New South Wales 6.11 (47)