Reg Trigg Explained

Reg Trigg
Fullname:	Reginald Percival Trigg
Birth Date:	12 July 1916
Birth Place:	Geelong, Victoria
Originalteam:	Parkside
Height:	174 cm
Weight:	73 kg
Statsend:	1938
Years1:	1937–38
Games Goals1:	4 (8)

Reginald Percival Trigg (12 July 1916 – 22 April 2002) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Football

Trigg made his senior debut for Fitzroy late in the 1937 season, scoring three goals in a game against South Melbourne^[2] and then scoring again against Essendon in the next round.^[3]

He played two further senior games for Fitzroy early in the 1938 season before being cleared to VFA side Northcote in the middle of the year.

World War II

Trigg served in the Australian Army during World War II.^[4] After a year of service he was placed in the Army Reserve for medical reasons.

External links

• • • Reg Trigg's playing statistics from The VFA Project

Notes and References

1. Book: The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Holmesby. Russell. Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria . 893.
2. News: CRIPPLED SOUTH. . The Age . 25,682 . Victoria, Australia . 9 August 1937 . 16.
3. News: STRONG FINISH . The Argus . 28,394 . Victoria, Australia . 23 August 1937 . 14.
4. Web site: World War II Roll: TRIGG, Reginald Percival . Department of Veterans Affairs.