Alan Righton

Alexander Alan Righton (1905-1982) was an Australian rugby league player of the 1920s and 1930s.

Alan Righton was born in Redfern, New South Wales in 1905, an went on to become one of South Sydney Rabbitohs greatest fullbacks, and a premiership winner. Alan Righton was a South's junior, and made his first grade debut in 1925. He went on to play seven seasons with South Sydney between 1925-1931, and played in three premiership winning teams in 1925,1926 and 1928. He represented N.S.W. City Firsts in 1929 and played for New South Wales on one occasion in 1927. He later switched to Newtown Jets and played three seasons with them between 1933-1935 before retiring.^[1]

Alan Righton died on 11 June 1982, aged 77. ^[2]

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