Albert Chadwick Explained

Sir Albert Chadwick
Fullname:Sir Albert Edward Chadwick
Birth Date:1897 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Beechworth, Victoria
Death Place:Toorak, Victoria
Height:184 cm
Weight:86 kg
Position:Centre half-back
Statsend:1929
Coachstatsend:1929
Years1:1919
Club1:Prahran (VFA)
Games Goals1:12 (8)
Years2:1920–1928
Club2:Melbourne (VFL)
Games Goals2:141 (45)
Years3:1929
Club3:Hawthorn (VFL)
Games Goals3:17 (8)
Games Goalstotal:170 (61)
Sooteam1:Victoria
Soogames Goals1:18 (7)
Coachyears1:1925–1927
Coachgames Wins1:58 (42–15–1)
Coachyears2:1929
Coachgames Wins2:18 (4–14–0)
Coachgames Winstotal:76 (46–29–1)
Careerhighlights:

1924–1927

1929

  • Melbourne Team of the Century (interchange)
  • Melbourne Hall of Fame
  • Runner-up in the Brownlow Medal: 1924

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

Early life

The son of Andrew Chadwick (1854-1906),[1] [2] and Georgina Ann Chadwick (1867-1948), née Prater,[3] Albert Edward Chadwick was born at Beechworth, Victoria, on 15 November 1897.

He married Thelma Marea Crawley (1899-1979) in 1924. Their son, Robert Edward Chadwick (1927-1992) also played for the Melbourne First XVIII.

Education

He was educated at Tungamah State Primary School (No.2225).

Football

A tough centre half-back who ran hard and straight, he played the majority of his career with Melbourne Football Club, one season with the Prahran Football Club, and one season for Hawthorn Football Club.

Prahran (VFA)

Recruited by Prahran after a chance encounter with the Club's secretary,[4] he made his debut, against North Melbourne, on 24 May 1919, and went on to play in 12 consecutive games for the Prahran First XVIII in 1919.

Melbourne (VFL)

Cleared from Prahran in 1920.[5]

He was runner-up to Edward "Carji" Greeves in the inaugural Brownlow Medal in 1924: with one vote available per home-and-away game, and with Greeves and Chadwick both missing games when playing inter-state football for Victoria, Greeves scored seven votes (i.e., best-on-ground in seven matches) and Chadwick six.[6] [7]

Hawthorn (VFL)

He played for the Hawthorn First XVIII in 17 games (scoring 8 goals) in 1929.

Military service

Having added a year to his age, Chadwick enlisted in the First AIF on 12 February 1916, and went on to serve overseas with the Australian Flying Corps. He was Mentioned in Dispatches in January 1919.[8] He returned to Australia on the HMAT Port Sydney in April 1919,[9] and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in 1919.[10]

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,[11] having held the acting rank of Group Captain while serving as the RAAF's Director of Recruiting, a position which he held from 1942.[12]

After Football

Chadwick was Chairman of the Gas and Fuel Corporation of Victoria, the Melbourne Cricket Club president from 1965 to 1979, and the Melbourne Football Club president from 1950 to 1962.[13]

Highly successful in business, he was appointed a Companion in the Order of St Michael and St George on 1 January 1967,[14] [15] [16] and knighted on 1 January 1974.[17] [18]

Death

He died at his home in Toorak, Victoria on 27 October 1983[19] and was cremated at Springvale Botanical Cemetery.[20]

Australian Football Hall of Fame

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

See also

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9657937 Funeral Notices: Chadwick, (Friday, 2 November 1906), p.1.
  2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155418734 Tungamah, The Benalla Standard, (Tuesday, 13 November 1906), p.4.
  3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22536500 Deaths: Chadwick, (Saturday, 24 January 1948), p.2.
  4. Chadwick, Bert, "My Novel Start at Football, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 7 September 1935), pp.7, 8.
  5. At the time, Prahran Football Club was in Melbourne's "district": see 'Old Boy', "Football", The Argus, (Friday, 16 May 1919), p.8.
  6. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2034837 Best and Fairest Player: Greeves (Geelong) Wins Award, The Argus, (Thursday, 18 September 1924), p.168.
  7. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203664019 'Forward', "Football: Brownlow Memorial Medal: Awarded to C. Greeves (Geelong), 'Best and Fairest Player' ", The Age, (Thursday, 18 September 1924), p.12.
  8. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page25024776 (Mentioned in Dispatches), 3rd Military District: No.281 Sergeant A. E. Chadwick, Australian Flying Corps, Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No.61, (23 May 1919), p.895.
  9. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article213873444 Soldiers Returning: Light Horse and Air Men: List on Port Sydney, The Ballarat Star, (Friday, 28 March 1919), p.2.
  10. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page25025338 Awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, 3rd Military District: No.281 Sergeant-Mechanic Albert Edward Chadwick, Australian Flying Corps, Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No.113, (6 October 1919), p.1465.
  11. World War Two Nominal Roll.
  12. Fahey, 2007.
  13. Piesse (1993), p.49.
  14. Award no.1066696.
  15. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page11624833 The New Year Honours: The Commonwealth and State List in Full, The Canberra Times, (Monday, 2 January 1967), p.6.
  16. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=59oQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=b5MDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6007%2C10781 Knighthoods for 3 Victorians, The Age, (Monday, 2 January 1967), p.1.
  17. Award no.1083204.
  18. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110754654 Victoria stays with January 1 honours, The Canberra Times, (Tuesday, 1 January 1974), p.1.
  19. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fx9VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=V5QDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1391%2C5501452 Deaths: Chadwick, The Age, (Friday, 28 October 1983), p.25.
  20. Web site: Albert Edward Chadwick . Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust.

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