Vic Trood

Thomas Victor "Vic" Trood (16 December 1891 – 16 October 1977) was an Australian rules footballer who played with University in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1][2]

Vic Trood
Personal information
Full name Thomas Victor Trood
Date of birth (1891-12-16)16 December 1891
Place of birth Sale, Victoria
Date of death 16 October 1977(1977-10-16) (aged 85)
Place of death Canterbury, Victoria
Original team(s) Sale
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1911–14 University 41 (11)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1914.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Trood was born in Sale and was the son of Charles Trood and had a well known brother and Sale footballer, Arthur. [3]

Trood was involved in a nasty incident in round 4 of the 1911 VFL season when he was knocked unconscious.[4] Carlton's Martin Gotz was charged and found guilty of assault. This charge was later quashed on Appeal.[5]

Trood and his brother, Arthur both played football for Sale after World War I. [6] [7]

He was a former President of the Gippsland Football League and was instrumental in the formation of the Latrobe Valley League in 1954, as the league’s inaugural President. [8]

The best and fairest award in the Gippsland Football League has been known as the Trood Award since 1928 after Victor Trood initially donated this award and continued to do so for many years in his role as a Sale FC delegate and Gippsland FL president.

References
  1. The University Team, The Leader, (Saturday, 4 May 1912), p.29.
  2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 893. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  3. "1917 - A returned soldier". Trove Newspapers. Gippsland Farmers Journal. 1 June 1917. p. 4. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  4. "Round 4, 1911". Blueseum. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  5. "1911 - Football Incident". Trove Newspapers. The Argus. 30 August 1911. p. 15. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  6. "1919 - Football: Gippsland Times Cup". Trove Newspapers. Gippsland Times (Vic). 12 May 1919. p. 3. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  7. "Football". Gippsland Times (Vic.: 1861–1954). Vic.: National Library of Australia. 12 July 1920. p. 4. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  8. "Latrobe Valley League". Morwell Advertiser (Morwell, Vic.: 1888–1954) . Morwell, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 25 February 1954. p. 1. Retrieved 28 March 2012.


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