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{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Alby Yeo
| image =
| fullname = Albert Yeo
| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|11|06|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|6|10|1929|11|06|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Barmera]]
| originalteam = [[West Adelaide Football Club|West Adelaide]]
| height = 177 cm
| weight = 76 kg
| position = Back pocket
| guernsey = 36
| statsend = 1958
| years1 = 1958
| club1 = {{AFL Ess}}
| games_goals1 = 5 (0)
| careerhighlights =
}}
'''Albert Yeo''' (6 November 1929<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2504140/memorial-search?firstName=&lastName=yeo|title=Find A Grave}}</ref> – 10 June 2014<ref>{{cite web |title=Berri Barmera Council - YEO, ALBERT |url=https://www.berribarmera.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?u=153&c=58213 |website=www.berribarmera.sa.gov.au |accessdate=17 March 2020}}</ref>) was an [[Australian rules football]]er who played for the [[Essendon Football Club]] in the [[Australian Football League|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=978}}</ref> Essendon cleared Yeo to fellow VFL side [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]] midway through the 1958 season, but he did not play any senior games for them.
Originally from [[Barmera]] in the Riverland region, he previously played for [[Glenelg Football Club|Glenelg]] and [[West Adelaide Football Club|West Adelaide]] in the [[South Australian National Football League]]. He was named in the [[Riverland Football League]]'s [[Team of the Century]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Charleton |first1=Graham |title=Legend of Local Football |url=https://issuu.com/riverlandweekly/docs/rw_235_june_28_2012/39 |accessdate=17 March 2020 |work=Riverland Weekly |date=28 June 2012 |page=39}}</ref>
== Notes ==
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== External links ==
*{{AFL Tables|ref=A/Alby_Yeo.html}}
*{{AustralianFootball|ref=alby%2Byeo/8913}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924015146/http://www.essendonfc.com.au/our-club/history/past-player-profiles/past-player-profiles--y Essendon Football Club past player profile]
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[[Category:1929 births]]
[[Category:2014 deaths]]
[[Category:Australian rules footballers from South Australia]]
[[Category:Essendon Football Club players]]
[[Category:West Adelaide Football Club players]]
[[Category:Glenelg Football Club players]]