Alf Quill

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]

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

Early career

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

Beginning in his teens, Quill played 24 seasons.

Pyrmont

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

Leichhardt-Annandale

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

Wallsend

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

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

Club
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 1200120024
1928 9160036001222
Leichhardt 1929 19270032002229
1930 23360048002744
Wallsend 1931 12180012001320
1932 10181413431628
1933 15311134112037
Goodyear 1934 173500365112552
1935 22390049102748
1936 20451310102348
Wallsend 1937 22634337353278
1938 22392437222952
1939 19231422102329
1940 22321010352737
1941 19412433352753
1942 10313547372050
Lake Macquarie 1943 1300000013
Wallsend
1943 133010116102141
1944 20220046222630
1945 13242111432029
1946 12100042432015
1947 12130025231721
1948 13130025001518
1949 1090035001314
Total 356620192957934560477802

International
National teamYear[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

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

Honours
  • 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
  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. "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. 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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