Alf Quill

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Alf Quill
Personal information
Full name Alfred Quill
Date of birth 1910
Place of birth Sydney, Australia
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1927–1928 Pyrmont (18)
1929–1930 Leichhardt-Annandale (63)
1931–1933 Wallsend 24+ (67)
1934–1936 Goodyear 40+ (119)
1937–1943 Wallsend 108+ (229)
1943 Lake Macquarie (3)
1943–1949 Wallsend 65+ (120)
Total 237+ (619)
International career
1938 Australia 2 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alfred Quill (born 1910, in Sydney) was an Australian soccer player and played for the Australia national team. Often considered one of the best soccer players in New South Wales, he scored 868 goals in all NSW competitions in his 24-year senior career.[1]

Early career[edit]

Alf first showed his signs as a footballer, whilst attending Globe Public School. At the age of 12, Alf represented New South Wales as a schoolboy against Victoria, South Australia and Queensland. For 3 seasons Alf played for Wentworth Juniors before joining the senior side of Pyrmont.[2]

Club career[edit]

Beginning in his teens, Quill played 24 seasons.

Pyrmont[edit]

He began his career with Pyrmont at age 17 in the New South Wales State League in 1927.[3]

Leichhardt-Annandale[edit]

While contracted at Leichhardt-Annandale, English club Bolton Wanderers wanted to sign Quill on 25 April 1931, which was rejected.[4]

Wallsend[edit]

He made a return to Wallsend on a three-year contract on 6 January 1937.[5] Quill did not have any intentions on leaving Wallsend at the end of the 1939 season, as he signed a form to stay with Wallsend.[6] At the start of the 1943 season, he left Wallsend top play for Lake Macquarie, and returned to Wallsend on 22 May 1943 to play the remainder of the season.[7] In the 1937 season, he scored a record 70 goals for Wallsend as a state record for most goals in a season.[8]

He proposed a retirement from football at the end of the 1945 season,[9] but he came back to Wallsend's squad in April 1946 to play a home match against Lysaght's-Orb the next week.[10] Over his career he scored over 800 goals in league and cup matches,[11] but some sources state that he retired in 1949 with 1,002 goals in total, although these numbers probably include goals in friendlies and unofficial matches.[12]

International career[edit]

Quill played twice in full international matches for Australia, both against India in September 1938,[13][14] scoring twice in the former to help his side to a 5–3 win.[15]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

Appearances and goals by club, season, and competition. Only official games are included in this table.[16][17]
Club Season League State Premiership

Sheahan Cup

State League Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Pyrmont 1927 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 4
1928 9 16 0 0 3 6 0 0 12 22
Leichhardt 1929 19 27 0 0 3 2 0 0 22 29
1930 23 36 0 0 4 8 0 0 27 44
Wallsend 1931 12 18 0 0 1 2 0 0 13 20
1932 10 18 1 4 1 3 4 3 16 28
1933 15 31 1 1 3 4 1 1 20 37
Goodyear 1934 17 35 0 0 3 6 5 11 25 52
1935 22 39 0 0 4 9 1 0 27 48
1936 20 45 1 3 1 0 1 0 23 48
Wallsend 1937 22 63 4 3 3 7 3 5 32 78
1938 22 39 2 4 3 7 2 2 29 52
1939 19 23 1 4 2 2 1 0 23 29
1940 22 32 1 0 1 0 3 5 27 37
1941 19 41 2 4 3 3 3 5 27 53
1942 10 31 3 5 4 7 3 7 20 50
Lake Macquarie 1943 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Wallsend
1943 13 30 1 0 1 1 6 10 21 41
1944 20 22 0 0 4 6 2 2 26 30
1945 13 24 2 1 1 1 4 3 20 29
1946 12 10 0 0 4 2 4 3 20 15
1947 12 13 0 0 2 5 2 3 17 21
1948 13 13 0 0 2 5 0 0 15 18
1949 10 9 0 0 3 5 0 0 13 14
Total 356 620 19 29 57 93 45 60 477 802

International[edit]

National team Year[13] Competitive Friendly Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Australia 1938 0 0 2 2 2 2
List of international goals scored by Alf Quill
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 3 September 1938 Royal Agricultural Showground, Sydney, Australia  India 1–0 5–3 Friendly [18]
2 4–2

Coaching career[edit]

After finishing playing he coached Wallsend before a stint as coach of Australia.[11]

Honours[edit]

  • NSW State League: 1932, 1933, 1938, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944[19]
  • NSW State League Cup: 1937, 1942, 1944
  • NSW Robinson Cup: 1938, 1939
  • NSW Daniels Cup: 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1949

Individual

  • NSW Top Scorer: 1932, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1943, 1945[20]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Grant, Sid (1974). Jack Pollard's Soccer Records. North Sydney: Jack Pollard Pty Ltd. p. 123. ISBN 0909950741.
  2. ^ "Soccer Sidelights - the Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder (NSW : 1913 - 1954) - 21 Jun 1929". Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder. 21 June 1929.
  3. ^ "Alf Quill". Football Australia. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  4. ^ "ENGLISH SOCCER CLUB WANTS ALF QUILL". The Labor Daily. No. 2306. New South Wales, Australia. 25 April 1931. p. 3. Retrieved 27 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "SOCCER PLAYERS SIGN ON". The Newcastle Sun. No. 5948. New South Wales, Australia. 6 January 1937. p. 2. Retrieved 27 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "A. Quill Will Remain With Wallsend". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. No. 19, 718. New South Wales, Australia. 21 December 1939. p. 15. Retrieved 27 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "QUILL BACK TO WALLSEND". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. VIII, no. 53. New South Wales, Australia. 22 May 1943. p. 12. Retrieved 27 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "QUILL STILL HOLDS SOCCER RECORD". The Newcastle Sun. No. 9311. New South Wales, Australia. 3 November 1947. p. 16. Retrieved 27 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "Quill To Retire From Soccer". The Newcastle Sun. No. 8639. New South Wales, Australia. 5 September 1945. p. 11. Retrieved 27 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "Quill To Carry On In Soccer Until Replacement Found". The Newcastle Sun. No. 8833. New South Wales, Australia. 22 April 1946. p. 11. Retrieved 27 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ a b "Quill, Alfred". Australian Player Database. OzFootball. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
  12. ^ "Who scored the most goals in history?". 90soccer.com. 31 October 2021. Archived from the original on 14 July 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  13. ^ a b The Australian National Men's Football Team: Caps And Captains (PDF). Football Federation Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  14. ^ "Sporting Person: QUILL, ALFRED, Soccer". Newcastle City Council. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
  15. ^ "CLOSE SOCCER GAME". The Sun. No. 8943. New South Wales, Australia. 3 September 1938. p. 9 (LAST FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 23 December 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  16. ^ "Trove". trove.nla.gov.au.
  17. ^ Jack Pollard's Soccer Records - Sid Grant. 1974. p. 226.
  18. ^ "CLOSE SOCCER GAME". The Sun. No. 8943. New South Wales, Australia. 3 September 1938. p. 9 (LAST FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 23 December 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  19. ^ "NSW Champions". socceraust.co.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  20. ^ Jack Pollard's Soccer Records - Sid Grant. 1974. p. 116.
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