# Alby Law

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{{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](/source/Yallourn), Victoria, Australia
| death_date = {{death date and age|1970|05|17|1929|12|24|df=y}}
| death_place = [Moe, Victoria](/source/Moe%2C_Victoria), Australia
| originalteam = [Moe](/source/Moe_Football_Club)
| 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 football](/source/Australian_rules_football)er who played for the [Essendon Football Club](/source/Essendon_Football_Club) in the [Victorian Football League](/source/Australian_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](/source/Moe_Football_Club) in the [Latrobe Valley Football League](/source/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](/source/State_Electricity_Commission_of_Victoria).

== Notes ==
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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]

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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

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