Alf O'Connor

Personal information
Full name	Alf William O'Connor
Born	(1900-07-05)5 July 1900 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	30 January 1970(1970-01-30) (aged 69) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Position	Second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1922–29 South Sydney 83 14 0 0 42 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1922–30 New South Wales 17 5 0 0 15 1924 Australia 3 0 0 0 0 1922 Metropolis 1 1 0 0 0
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Alfred William 'Alf' O'Connor (1900-1970) was an Australian rugby league player who played in the 1920s and 1930s. O'Connor was a state and national representative second-rower who won three NSWRFL premierships with South Sydney.

Playing career

Alf 'Itchy' O'Connor played eight seasons for South Sydney between 1922 and 1929. A tall second-row forward, O'Connor played 83 first grade games for Souths and played in four Grand Finals, and won three premierships with the club in 1925 , 1926 and 1929.

O'Connor had an excellent representative career, representing New South Wales on nine separate occasions between 1924 and 1930. He also represented Australia on three occasions during the 1924 Ashes series.

O'Connor is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No.131.^[2] Alf O'Connor was the brother of fellow Souths champion player Frank O'Connor.^[3]

Post playing

Alf O'Connor became an Australian National Test Selector in 1946.^[4]

Death

O'Connor died at Mascot, New South Wales on 30 January 1970 aged 69.^[5]

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