Alfred Lewis "Smacker" Blair was an Australian rugby league footballer and coach whose playing career ran from 1917 to 1930 with South Sydney.
13 Facts About Alf Blair
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Alf Blair was the 1927 NSWRFL season's top point scorer and was captain-coach of the South Sydney club that year.
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Alf Blair took a year off from Sydney football in 1928 when he traveled to Queensland to captain-coach Longreach.
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Alf Blair returned to Souths for his final playing year in 1929, winning a premiership and leading the side on the first tour of New Zealand by a Sydney club team.
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Alf Blair finished his career at Cooma before returning to Sydney.
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Alf Blair played 167 first grade games for the South Sydney club between 1917 and 1930 scoring 37 tries and 120 goals for a total of 351 points.
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Alf Blair played seven games for the New South Wales rugby league team in 1919 and 1927.
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Alf Blair played one test match for Australia against the touring Great Britain team in 1924.
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Alf Blair is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No 128.
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Alf Blair coached Western Suburbs for the 1943 NSWRFL season, after which he was succeeded by Henry Bolewski.
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Alf Blair then coached South Sydney for the 1944 NSWRFL season.
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Alf Blair had just completed the season coaching his old club when he died suddenly at his Coogee home on 28 September 1944.
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Alf Blair was buried at Botany Cemetery on 30 September 1944.