John Duckworth (footballer)

John Duckworth
Personal information
Full name	Arthur John Duckworth
Nickname(s)	Whatsa
Date of birth	(1949-01-19) 19 January 1949
Place of birth	Lake Grace, Western Australia
Original team	Dudinin
Height/Weight	193 cm / 96 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1970, 1974–1976 1977–1978, 1981–1983, 1985 1979–1980 Total	Fitzroy West Perth Central District	58 (24) 120 (?) 42 (?) 220 (?)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
	Western Australia South Australia	3 (?) 3 (?)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 1985 season.
Career highlights
Magarey Medal 1979 Central District leading goalkicker 1979

Arthur John Duckworth (born 19 January 1949) is a former Australian rules footballer who played Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL), West Perth in the West Australian National Football League (WANFL), and Central District in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He is the older brother of former Essendon footballer Billy Duckworth.

Born in Western Australia, Duckworth started his football career in Victoria with Fitzroy. He had been in Melbourne due to National Service training and after approaching Fitzroy found himself recruited for the 1970 season. Duckworth played 11 games that year but didn't play again until 1974 as a result of both his military commitments and a stint in Vietnam. His last VFL season was in 1976 and the following year he returned to Western Australia where he joined West Perth. He played 44 games over two years, during which time he represented his state at interstate football.

In 1979 he was picked up by SANFL club Central District and in his debut season won the Magarey Medal, topped the club's goalkicking and played interstate football for his second state. A ruptured kidney at the start of the 1980 season kept him out for most of the year and at the end of the season he decided to return to West Perth to finish his career. He played 42 games for Central District and finished with a total of 120 games for West Perth.

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Magarey Medal winners

1898: Green 1899: Malin 1900: not awarded 1901: Sandland 1902: MacKenzie 1903: Waye 1904: not awarded 1905: MacKenzie 1906: MacKenzie 1907: Mack 1908: Tierney 1909: R. Head 1910: Hosking 1911: Cumberland 1912: Low 1913: Leahy 1914: Ashley 1915: Barry / Hosking / Perry 1916–18: not awarded 1919: Moriarty 1920: Moriarty / Richardson 1921: Adams / Karney / Moriarty / Scott 1922: Barnes 1923: Riley 1924: Scott 1925: Bampton / Lill 1926: McGregor 1927: McGregor 1928: Handby 1929: Snell 1930: Scott 1931: Sexton 1932: Pontifex 1933: Dunn 1934: Johnston 1935: Cockburn 1936: McCallum 1937: Hawke 1938: Quinn 1939: McArthur / Pash 1940: Brock 1941: Boyall 1942–44: not awarded 1945: Quinn 1946: Hank 1947: Hank 1948: R. Phillips 1949: Crabb / R. Phillips 1950: McKay 1951: Marriott 1952: Fitzgerald 1953: Deane 1954: Fitzgerald 1955: L. Head 1956: Boyd 1957: Benton / Deane 1958: L. Head 1959: Fitzgerald 1960: Barbary 1961: Halbert 1962: Eustice 1963: L. Head 1964: Motley 1965: Window 1966: Kneebone 1967: Lindner / Obst 1968: Robran 1969: Phillis 1970: Robran 1971: R. Ebert 1972: Blight 1973: Robran 1974: R. Ebert 1975: Woite 1976: R. Ebert 1977: Trevor Grimwood 1978: Hodgeman 1979: Duckworth 1980: R. Ebert 1981: Aish 1982: McGuinness 1983: Antrobus 1984: Platten 1985: Fielke 1986: Anderson 1987: Jarman 1988: Whittlesea 1989: McAdam 1990: Hodges 1991: Naley 1992: Buckley 1993: B. Phillips 1994: McIntosh 1995: Kilpatrick / McIntosh 1996: Francou 1997: Atkinson / Jarman 1998: Osborn 1999: Squire 2000: Squire 2001: Brown / O'Connor 2002: Sheedy / Weatherald 2003: B. Ebert 2004: P. Thomas 2005: Clayton 2006: Backwell 2007: Allan 2008: Crane 2009: Archard / Ezard 2010: Allan 2011: Allan 2012: Cross / Symes 2013: M. Thomas 2014: Kirkwood

The Magarey Medal has been awarded since 1898 to the "best and most brilliant" player in the South Australian National Football League and its various incarnations.