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Alf Quill
Personal information
Full name Alfred Louis Quill
Date of birth (1910-07-09)9 July 1910
Place of birth Ultimo, Sydney, Australia
Date of death 3 October 1997(1997-10-03) (aged 87)[1]
Place of death New Lambton, New South Wales, Australia[1]
Position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1927–1928 Pyrmont 10 (18)
1929–1930 Leichhardt-Annandale 42 (63)
1931–1933 Wallsend 37 (67)
1934–1936 Goodyear 59 (119)
1937–1943 Wallsend 114 (229)
1943 Lake Macquarie 1 (3)
1943–1949 Wallsend 93 (121)
Total 356 (620)
International career
1938 Australia 2 (2)
Managerial career
Wallsend
Australia
Newcastle KB United (youth)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alfred Quill (9 July 1910 - 3 October 1997) was an Australian soccer player who played for the Australian national team among several other clubs in his 24-year senior career. Often considered one of the best soccer players in New South Wales, he scored 868 goals in all NSW competitions in his professional career.[2]

Early career

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Quill was born in Sydney. He first showed his signs as a footballer, whilst attending Globe Public School. At the age of 12, he represented New South Wales as a schoolboy against Victoria, South Australia and Queensland. For three seasons he played for Wentworth Juniors before joining the senior side of Pyrmont.[3]

Club career

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Beginning in his teens, Quill played 24 seasons.

Pyrmont

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Quill began his career with Pyrmont at age 17 in the New South Wales State League in 1927.[4]

Leichhardt-Annandale

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While contracted at Leichhardt-Annandale, English club Bolton Wanderers wanted to sign Quill on 25 April 1931, which was rejected.[5]

Wallsend

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He made a return to Wallsend on a three-year contract on 6 January 1937.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8] In the 1937 season, he scored a record 78 goals for Wallsend as a state record for most goals in a season.[9]

He proposed a retirement from football at the end of the 1945 season,[10] but he came back to Wallsend's squad in April 1946 to play a home match against Lysaght's-Orb the next week.[11] Over his career he scored 802 goals in 477 league and cup matches,[12] 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.[13] In total, he scored 271 top-tier goals after turning 30 years old in 1940, which makes him one of the most prolific top-tier goalscorers in that age bracket in the history of football.[14]

International career

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Quill played twice in full international matches for Australia, both against India in September 1938,[15][16] scoring twice in the former to help his side to a 5–3 win.[17]

Coaching career

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After finishing playing he coached Wallsend before a stint as coach of Australia.[12]

Career statistics

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season, and competition. Only official games are included in this table.[18][19]
Club Season League State Premiership

Sheahan Cup

State League Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Pyrmont 1927 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 4
1928 9 16 0 0 3 6 2 1 14 23
Leichhardt 1929 19 27 0 0 3 2 0 0 22 29
1930 23 36 0 0 4 8 1 2 28 46
Wallsend 1931 12 18 0 0 1 2 0 0 13 20
1932 10 18 1 4 1 3 4 3 16 28
1933 15 31 1 1 3 4 1 1 20 37
Goodyear 1934 17 35 0 0 3 6 5 13 25 54
1935 22 39 0 0 4 9 1 0 27 48
1936 20 45 1 3 1 0 1 0 23 48
Wallsend 1937 22 63 4 3 3 7 3 5 32 78
1938 22 39 2 4 3 7 2 2 29 52
1939 19 23 1 4 2 2 1 0 23 29
1940 22 32 1 0 1 0 3 5 27 37
1941 19 41 2 4 3 3 3 5 27 53
1942 10 31 3 5 4 7 3 7 20 50
Lake Macquarie 1943 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Wallsend
1943 13 30 1 0 1 1 6 10 21 41
1944 20 22 0 0 4 6 4 4 28 32
1945 13 24 2 1 1 1 4 3 20 29
1946 12 10 0 0 4 2 4 3 20 15
1947 12 13 0 0 2 5 4 5 19 23
1948 13 13 0 0 2 5 1 1 16 19
1949 10 9 0 0 3 5 0 0 13 14
Total 356 620 19 29 57 93 53 70 485 812

International

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National team Year[15] 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 [17]
2 4–2

Honours

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  • NSW State League: 1932, 1933, 1938, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944[20]
  • 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[21]

References

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  1. ^ a b Roach, Stewart (4 October 1997). "Final whistle for one of soccer's greats". Newcastle Herald (Late ed.). Rural Press. p. 1. ProQuest 364470982 – via ProQuest.
  2. ^ Grant, Sid (1974). Jack Pollard's Soccer Records. North Sydney: Jack Pollard Pty Ltd. p. 123. ISBN 0909950741.
  3. ^ "Soccer Sidelights - the Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder (NSW : 1913 - 1954) - 21 Jun 1929". Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder. 21 June 1929.
  4. ^ "Alf Quill". Football Australia. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ a b "Quill, Alfred". Australian Player Database. OzFootball. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
  13. ^ "Who scored the most goals in history?". 90soccer.com. 31 October 2021. Archived from the original on 14 July 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  14. ^ "Cristiano Ronaldo: now all-time top scorer after 30 years!". www.iffhs.com. 22 October 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  15. ^ a b 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.
  16. ^ "Sporting Person: QUILL, ALFRED, Soccer". Newcastle City Council. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
  17. ^ a b "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.
  18. ^ "Trove". trove.nla.gov.au.
  19. ^ Jack Pollard's Soccer Records - Sid Grant. 1974. p. 226.
  20. ^ "NSW Champions". socceraust.co.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  21. ^ Jack Pollard's Soccer Records - Sid Grant. 1974. p. 116.