Harold Albiston Explained

Harold Albiston
Fullname:Harold George Albiston
Birth Date:13 April 1916
Birth Place:Warrnambool, Victoria[1]
Death Place:McCrae, Victoria
Originalteam:Kew (VAFA)
Height:173 cm
Weight:72 kg
Statsend:1940
Years1:1935
Club1:Collingwood
Games Goals1:1 (0)
Years2:1936–1940
Club2:Hawthorn
Games Goals2:62 (0)
Games Goalstotal:63 (0)

Harold George Albiston (13 April 1916 – 18 January 1990) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Albiston, a recruit from Kew in the Victorian Amateur Football Association, made just one senior appearance for Collingwood, in the 1935 VFL season.[2] [3] He was cleared to Hawthorn in 1936, where he played with his younger brother Alec Albiston, who also debuted that year.[4] Harold played in the final six rounds of the season, then didn't lose his spot in the team until 1940 (when he enlisted in the army), playing 60 consecutive games.[3] [5] Another brother, Ken Albiston, played for Richmond and Melbourne after the war.[2] He was also a district cricketer, for Hawthorn-East Melbourne and Collingwood.[6] Harold's son, David Albiston, played 61 league games for Hawthorn, including the 1963 VFL Grand Final.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: World War Two Nominal Roll. Australian Government.
  2. Book: Holmesby, Russell. Main. Jim. The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. 2007. 9781920910785.
  3. Web site: Harold Albiston. AFL Tables.
  4. News: Richmond Keeps Seven New Men. . Melbourne, Vic. 29 April 1936. 6 February 2014. 18 . National Library of Australia.
  5. News: These Prominent Men Have Joined The Colours. . The Argus. 29 June 1940. 6 February 2014. 11 Supplement: The Argus Week-end Magazine.
  6. Web site: A-C – Victorian Premier Cricket – Cricket Victoria. Cricket Victoria. 6 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140218003723/http://premier.cricketvictoria.com.au/files/3/files/player-register-career-stats/Player%20reg%20A-C%202013.pdf. 18 February 2014. dead. (PDF)