Ted Holdsworth Explained

Ted Holdsworth
Fullname:Henry Edwin Arthur Holdsworth
Birth Date:26 January 1917[1]
Position:Full forward, full-back
Club1:Swan Districts
Years1:1935–38, 1940–41, 1945–47
Games Goals1:143 (532)
Club2:Kalgoorlie City
Years2:1939
Sooyears1:1945–46
Sooteam1:Western Australia
Soogames Goals1:2
Coachyears1:1939
Coachclub1:Kalgoorlie City
Coachyears2:1952
Coachclub2:Swan Districts
Coachgames Wins2:20 (2–18–0)
Statsend:1947
Coachstatsend:1952
Repstatsend:1946

Henry Edwin Arthur Holdsworth (26 January 1917 – 23 September 1984[2]) was an Australian rules footballer who was highly successful in the West Australian National Football League (WANFL) playing for the Swan Districts Football Club.

A fine full forward who was a strong overhead mark and a very accurate kick Holdsworth topped the top goal kicker list at Swan Districts during his career. In 1937 and 1938 he kicked 109 and 116 goals respectively yet never topped the WANFL goal kickers list.[3]

Undoubtedly Holdsworth would have kicked even more goals if he had been part of a more successful team and had not been called to play in defence to prevent other sides from kicking higher totals against the struggling Swans.

Holdsworth played twice for Western Australia, once at full forward and in the 1946 side that played South Australia Holdsworth played at fullback as he was also regarded as a fine backman.[4]

Retiring as a player in 1947, Holdsworth had played 143 games for the club and booted 532 goals the second-most of any Swans player after Eric Gorman.He went on to coach Swan Districts in 1952 and later became vice president of the club. He is named in the Swan Districts Team of the Century at full forward. His grandson, Ryan Turnbull, later played senior football for,, and the West Coast Eagles.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ted Holdsworth (Swan Districts). wafl.com.au. 25 June 2015.
  2. Web site: Ted Holdsworth: Goal Kicking Champion . 2013-12-18 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20070822215628/http://www.swandistrictsfc.com/history10.html . 22 August 2007 . dmy-all .
  3. Web site: Full Points Footy – Ted Holdsworth. 2007. 2007-09-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20110607074641/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/hi-hz.htm#Ted%20Holdsworth%20%28Swan%20Districts%29. 2011-06-07.
  4. Web site: WAFL History – WA State Teams 1904–1950. 2007. 2007-09-29.