Albert Chadwick

Sir Albert Edward Chadwick, CMG, MSM (15 November 1897 – 27 October 1983) was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League (VFL).

For the English footballer, see Albert Chadwick (English footballer).

Sir Albert Chadwick
Personal information
Full name Sir Albert Edward Chadwick
Date of birth (1897-11-15)15 November 1897
Place of birth Beechworth, Victoria
Date of death 27 October 1983(1983-10-27) (aged 85)
Place of death Toorak, Victoria
Height 184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Position(s) Centre half-back
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1920–1928 Melbourne 141 (45)
1929 Hawthorn 017 (8)
Total 158 (53)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
Victoria 18 (7)
Coaching career3
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
1925–1927 Melbourne 58 (42–15–1)
1929 Hawthorn 18 (4–14–0)
Total 76 (46–29–1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1929.
3 Coaching statistics correct as of 1929.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Early life

He was born in Beechworth and educated at Tungamah Primary School.

Football

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.

Military service

During World War II, Chadwick served in the Royal Australian Air Force and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in 1919.[1] He was discharged on 6 July 1945 in the rank of wing commander,[2] having held the acting rank of group captain while serving as the RAAF's Director of Recruiting, a position which he held from 1942.[3]

After Football

Chadwick was Chairman of the Gas and Fuel Corporation of Victoria, the Melbourne Cricket Club president from 1965–1979, and the Melbourne Football Club president from 1950–1962.[4] Highly successful in business, he was appointed a Companion in the Order of St Michael and St George in 1967,[5] and knighted in 1974.[6]

Australian Football Hall of Fame

In 1995, Chadwick was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

Trivia

Despite coaching Melbourne's second premiership back in 1926, at the time of his death he was their last surviving premiership coach.

See also

Footnotes
  1. http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1105810&search_type=quick&showInd=true
  2. http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?ServiceId=R&VeteranId=1043027
  3. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/chadwick-sir-albert-edward-bert-12301
  4. Piesse (1993), p.49.
  5. http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1066696&search_type=quick&showInd=true
  6. http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1083204&search_type=quick&showInd=true

References
  • Ross, John (1999). The Australian Football Hall of Fame. Australia: HarperCollinsPublishers. p. 46. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X.
  • Piesse, Ken (1993). The Complete Guide to Australian Football. Melbourne: Pan MacMillan Australia Pty Limited. ISBN 0330357123.
  • WW2 Nominal Roll: Albert Chadwick
  • WW1 Nominal Roll
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