{{short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Alby Law | image = | fullname = Albert Reeves Law | birth_date = {{birth date|1929|12|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Yallourn, Victoria, Australia | death_date = {{death date and age|1970|05|17|1929|12|24|df=y}} | death_place = Moe, Victoria, Australia | originalteam = Moe | height = 175 cm | weight = 73 kg | position = Wingman | guernsey = 2 | statsend = 1953 | years1 = 1951–1953 | club1 = {{AFL Ess}} | games_goals1 = 7 (1) | careerhighlights = }} '''Albert Reeves Law''' (24 December 1929 – 17 May 1970) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).<ref name=encyc>{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=502}}</ref>
Law won a VFL reserves premiership for Essendon in 1952<ref>{{cite web |title=Essendon out lasts Collingwood |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/178179385 |website=Trove Newspapers |publisher=Sporting Globe |access-date=2 February 2021 |pages=10 |date=27 September 1952}}</ref> before returning to his old side Moe in the Latrobe Valley Football League.
He later coached Moe's reserves and then seniors, leading the team to a senior premiership in 1967.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Gregor Mactaggart |title=Gus Eaton looks back on a storied football career with the Moe Football Club |url=https://www.latrobevalleyexpress.com.au/story/6962011/gus-is-truly-lion-hearted/ |website=LaTrobe Valley Express |date=9 October 2020}}</ref>
He was employed by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria.
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== External links == *{{AFL Tables|ref=A/Alby_Law.html}} *{{AustralianFootball|ref=alby%2Blaw/8013}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20150706141850/http://www.essendonfc.com.au/our-club/history/past-player-profiles/past-player-profiles---l Essendon Football Club past player profile] *[https://www.facebook.com/moefootballnetballclubinc/photos/1967-premiership-senior-team-thanks-to-russ-bernadette-curtis-for-providing-this/1591130037809935/ 1967 LaTrobe Valley FL Premiers: Moe FC]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Law, Alby}} Category:1929 births Category:1970 deaths Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Category:Essendon Football Club players Category:Moe Football Club players Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen