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]