{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Alby Paterson | image = | fullname = Albert Henry Paterson | birth_date = {{birth date|1875|03|04|df=y}} | birth_place = Happy Valley, Victoria | death_date = {{death date and age|1920|4|16|1875|3|4|df=yes}} | death_place = Trafalgar, Western Australia | originalteam = Ascot Vale | height = | weight = | position = | statsend = 1897 | years1 = 1897 | club1 = {{AFL Car}} | games_goals1 = 1 (0) | careerhighlights = }} '''Albert Henry Paterson''' (4 March 1875 – 16 April 1920) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) and 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=2009 |edition=8th |isbn=978-1-921496-00-4 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=651}}</ref> He later moved to the Western Australian goldfields, where he played for Mines Rovers in the Goldfields Football League.

He enlisted in the Australian army in December 1916 and was transported to France to join the 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company during World War I. He contacted pneumonia on 1918 and was discharged from the army in 1919 due to being medically unfit to serve. He died from gas poisoning in April 1920.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/2016-01-18/patty-joins-ranks-of-carltons-great-fallen|title =Patty' joins ranks of Carlton's Great Fallen|first =Tony |last =De Bolfo|date=18 January 2016}}</ref>

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== External links == *{{AFL Tables|ref=A/Alby_Patterson.html}} * {{AustralianFootball|ref=alby%2Bpatterson/869}} *[http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Alby%20Paterson Alby Paterson's profile] at Blueseum

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