Alan Thaw

Alan Thaw
Personal information
Date of birth	17 January 1926
Date of death
Original team(s)	North Essendon Methodists
Debut	Round 14, 1949, Essendon v. St Kilda, at Windy Hill
Height/Weight	170 cm / 76 kg
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1949-1954	Essendon	41 (0)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1959	Essendon	1 (1-0-0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1954 season.

Alan Thaw (17 January 1926 – 22 February 2007) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League.

Recruited locally, Thaw was a back pocket in Essendon's 1949 premiership side. He retired in 1954 and the following season was put in charge of the Reserves team, coaching them until 1959. In the 1959 VFL season he coached Essendon to a win over Fitzroy when Dick Reynolds was unavailable. From 1960 to 1976, Thaw was coach of Essendon's Under-19s and steered them to premierships in 1961 and 1966.

References

• Alan Thaw's statistics from AFL Tables
• Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.