Albert Chadwick
Albert Chadwick | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Sir Albert Edward Chadwick | ||
Date of birth | 15 November 1897 | ||
Date of death | 27 October 1983 85) | (aged||
Height/Weight | 184 cm / 86 kg | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1920โ1928 1929 Total | Melbourne Hawthorn | 141 (45) 17 (8) 158 (53) | |
Coaching career3 | |||
Years | Club | Games (WโLโD) | |
1925โ1927 1929 Total | Melbourne Hawthorn | 58 (42โ15โ1) 18 (4โ14โ0) 76 (46โ29โ1) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1929 season. 3 Coaching statistics correct as of 1929. | |||
Career highlights | |||
Sir Albert Edward "Bert" Chadwick (15 November 1897 โ 27 October 1983) was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League. He was born in Beechworth and educated at Tungamah High School.
During World War II, Chadwick served in the Royal Australian Air Force. He was discharged on 6 July 1945 in the rank of wing commander,[1] having held the acting rank of group captain while serving as the RAAF's Director of Recruiting, a position which he held from 1942.[2]
A tough centre half-back who ran hard and straight, he played the majority of his career with Melbourne Football Club and one season for Hawthorn Football Club. He was runner-up to Edward "Carji" Greeves in the inaugural Brownlow Medal in 1924.
In 1995 Sir Albert Chadwick was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
Sir Albert was Chairman of the Gas and Fuel Corporation of Victoria, the Melbourne Cricket Club President 1965โ1979 and the Melbourne Football Club President 1950โ1962. Highly successful in business, Sir Albert was knighted in 1974.
Career highlights
Playing career: Games: 158 Goals: 53
- Melbourne 1920โ1928 (141 Games, 45 Goals)
- Hawthorn 1929 (17 Games, 8 Goals)
Player honors:
- 2nd Brownlow Medal 1924
- 3rd Brownlow Medal (equal) 1925
- Melbourne captain 1924โ1927
- premiership side 1926
- Melbourne Team of the Century
- Victorian representative (18 games, 7 goals)
Coaching record:
- Melbourne 1925โ27 (58 games, 42 wins, 15 losses, 1 draw), Premiership 1926
- Hawthorn 1929 (18 games, 4 wins, 14 losses).
Trivia
Despite coaching Melbourne's second premiership back in 1926, he was their last surviving premiership coach.
References
- Ross, John (1999). The Australian Football Hall of Fame. Australia: HarperCollinsPublishers. p. 46. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X.
- AFL Hall of Fame
- WW2 Nominal Roll: Albert Chadwick
- WW1 Nominal Roll
Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by Percy Wilson |
Melbourne Football Club Captain 1924โ1927 |
Succeeded by Ivor Warne-Smith |
Preceded by Gordon Rattray |
Coach of the Melbourne Football Club 1925โ1927 |
Succeeded by Ivor Warne-Smith |
Preceded by William Flintoft |
President of the Melbourne Football Club 1950โ1962 |
Succeeded by Donald Duffy |
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