Albert Chadwick

Sir Albert Edward "Bert" Chadwick (15 November 1897 – 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 1965–1979 and the Melbourne Football Club President 1950–1962. Highly successful in business, Sir Albert was knighted in 1974.

Career highlights

Playing career: Games: 158 Goals: 53

• Melbourne 1920–1928 (141 Games, 45 Goals)
• Hawthorn 1929 (17 Games, 8 Goals)

Player honors:

• 2nd Brownlow Medal 1924
• 3rd Brownlow Medal (equal) 1925
• Melbourne captain 1924–1927
• premiership side 1926
• Melbourne Team of the Century
• Victorian representative (18 games, 7 goals)

Coaching record:

• Melbourne 1925–27 (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