Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Alex_McCracken> ?p ?o. }
Showing items 1 to 54 of
54
with 100 items per page.
- Alex_McCracken abstract "Alex McCracken (died 25 August 1915) was the first president of the Victorian Football League.He was also the first secretary of the Essendon Football Club, when he was seventeen years old.{The Stopover that Stayed, Grant Aldous.} The head of McCracken Breweries, he was elected as the first VFL President at a meeting at the Port Phillip Club Hotel on 12 April 1897.His brother John became Essendon's first team captain. His nephew Coiler (also sometimes referred to as 'Colyer') became Essendon's second captain. His father Robert was Essendon's first president. He has been named as one of the 16 "Legends of the Essendon Football Club".The Essendon football Club's early players were mainly horsemen rather than cricketers. In fact one of its players rode a winner at Moonee Valley before turning up to a game. Whether as a cause or a result, the club was refused the use of Windy Hill and played its first few seasons (probably near Filson St) on Robert McCracken's "Ailsa".(Later Mercy College and from 2011, a Scientology centre.) When seeking admittance to the V.F.A. they had to move to the East Melbourne Ground.Alexander was patron and/or founder of an incredible number of sporting or cultural organisations in the Essendon area.(The Stopover that Stayed, Grant Aldous) He built a mansion home called "North Park", now the Columban Mission, on the south side of Woodland St, Essendon. This area was originally gazetted as Hawstead and now known as Glenbervie. The house was built on the site of an earlier home called "North Park" built by Dugald McPhail. (The Fine Homes of Essendon and Flemington, 1846–1880, Lenore Frost (ed).)Alexander had a country estate called "Cumberland" and it was, with the Inverness Hotel and Alister Clark's "Glenara", a venue for after hunt celebrations until the Oaklands Hunt Club bought "Sherwood" in Somerton Rd. After Alexander's death, the Johnsons of "Glendewar", across the creek from "Cumberland" moved into Alexander's property. Unfortunately the beautiful house was later destroyed by fire; the granite remains can be seen in Woodlands Historic Park. Coincidentally, "Cumberland" was granted to an early overlander Thomas Wills, an uncle of the founder of Australian Rules Football (Tom Wills) and the father of the game, who codified the rules in 1866 (Harrison). (Sources: The Oaklands Hunt, D.F.Cameron-Kennedy; Running With The Ball, A?.Mancini.)".
- Alex_McCracken birthDate "1856".
- Alex_McCracken birthYear "1856".
- Alex_McCracken deathDate "1915-08-25".
- Alex_McCracken deathYear "1915".
- Alex_McCracken wikiPageID "19893893".
- Alex_McCracken wikiPageRevisionID "507369809".
- Alex_McCracken dateOfBirth "1856".
- Alex_McCracken dateOfDeath "1915-08-25".
- Alex_McCracken hasPhotoCollection Alex_McCracken.
- Alex_McCracken name "McCracken, Alex".
- Alex_McCracken placeOfDeath "North Essendon, Victoria, Australia".
- Alex_McCracken shortDescription "Australian rules football administrator".
- Alex_McCracken description "Australian rules football administrator".
- Alex_McCracken description "Australian rules football administrator".
- Alex_McCracken subject Category:1856_births.
- Alex_McCracken subject Category:1915_deaths.
- Alex_McCracken subject Category:Essendon_Football_Club_administrators.
- Alex_McCracken subject AFL_administrators.
- Alex_McCracken type Administrator109770949.
- Alex_McCracken type CausalAgent100007347.
- Alex_McCracken type EssendonFootballClubAdministrators.
- Alex_McCracken type Head110162991.
- Alex_McCracken type Leader109623038.
- Alex_McCracken type LivingThing100004258.
- Alex_McCracken type Object100002684.
- Alex_McCracken type Organism100004475.
- Alex_McCracken type Person100007846.
- Alex_McCracken type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- Alex_McCracken type AFLAdministrators.
- Alex_McCracken type Whole100003553.
- Alex_McCracken type YagoLegalActor.
- Alex_McCracken type YagoLegalActorGeo.
- Alex_McCracken type Agent.
- Alex_McCracken type Person.
- Alex_McCracken type Person.
- Alex_McCracken type Q215627.
- Alex_McCracken type Q5.
- Alex_McCracken type Agent.
- Alex_McCracken type NaturalPerson.
- Alex_McCracken type Thing.
- Alex_McCracken type Person.
- Alex_McCracken comment "Alex McCracken (died 25 August 1915) was the first president of the Victorian Football League.He was also the first secretary of the Essendon Football Club, when he was seventeen years old.{The Stopover that Stayed, Grant Aldous.} The head of McCracken Breweries, he was elected as the first VFL President at a meeting at the Port Phillip Club Hotel on 12 April 1897.His brother John became Essendon's first team captain.".
- Alex_McCracken label "Alex McCracken".
- Alex_McCracken sameAs m.04q8zln.
- Alex_McCracken sameAs Q4717451.
- Alex_McCracken sameAs Q4717451.
- Alex_McCracken sameAs Alex_McCracken.
- Alex_McCracken wasDerivedFrom Alex_McCracken?oldid=507369809.
- Alex_McCracken givenName "Alex".
- Alex_McCracken isPrimaryTopicOf Alex_McCracken.
- Alex_McCracken name "Alex McCracken".
- Alex_McCracken name "McCracken, Alex".
- Alex_McCracken surname "McCracken".