Albert Edward "Butch" Prior (15 January 1921 – 21 January 1971^[1]) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the VFL during the 1940s.^[2]

Family

The son of Thomas Edward Prior (1882–1968), and Charlotte Nicholls Prior (1884–1956), née Jensen,^[3] Albert Edward Prior was born at Melbourne, Victoria on 15 January 1921.

He married June Ivy Rose Braden (1924–2003) in 1945.

Football

A full-forward,^[4][5][6] he topped Hawthorn's goalkicking in every season from 1946 to 1949 with a best of 67 goals in 1947. He kicked 8 goals in a match three times: against Footscray on 3 May 1947, against Richmond on 17 May 1947 and, in his last match for Hawthorn, in a season where Hawthorn lost all 18 of its home-and-away games, against South Melbourne on 19 August 1950.

In 1951 Prior was cleared from Hawthorn and was appointed coach of the East Hawthorn team in the Eastern Suburban League.^[7][8]

Military service

Prior also served in the Australian Army during World War II.^[9]

Honours and achievements

Individual

• Hawthorn leading goalkicker: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949
• Hawthorn life member

Notes

References

• World War Two Nominal Roll: Signalman Albert Edward Prior (VX131343), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
• B883, VX131343: World War Two Service Record: Signalman Albert Edward Prior (VX131343), National Archives of Australia.

External links

• Albert Prior's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Albert Prior at AustralianFootball.com
• Albert Prior at Boyles Football Photos.

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