Arthur Wilson | |
Fullname: | Arthur Mitchell Wilson |
Birth Date: | 24 August 1888 |
Birth Place: | South Melbourne |
Death Place: | Richmond, Victoria |
Originalteam: | Scotch College |
Position: | Back pocket/half-back |
Statsend: | 1911 |
Years1: | 1909–1911 |
Games Goals1: | 51 (3) |
Arthur Mitchell Wilson (24 August 1888 – 19 December 1947) DSO[1] was a gynaecologist and obstetrician and an Australian rules footballer who played for the University Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]
He was a foundation fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.[3]
The Arthur Wilson Memorial Scholarship was established in 1987 with funds from the Arthur Wilson Memorial Foundation. The Foundation had been created in 1951 after a public appeal was launched to perpetuate the memory of Arthur Wilson, an outstanding gynaecologist and obstetrician.[4] The Foundation raised funds for the Arthur Wilson Memorial Wing (1954) to be built as an extension to the south side of the Royal Society of Victoria's Hall (1859) at 8 La Trobe St, Melbourne to house the Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.[5]
His son Mac played league football for Melbourne in the 1940s.