Walter Johnston (footballer) explained

Walter Johnston
Fullname:Walter Johnston
Birth Date:17 January 1884
Birth Place:Kingston
Death Place:Ringwood
Statsend:1908
Years1:1908
Club1:Richmond
Games Goals1:1 (0)
Games Goalstotal:1 (0)

Walter Johnston (17 January 1884 – 18 July 1946) was an Australian rules footballer who played one game for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 1908.

Until 2018, this game had been incorrectly allocated to Alex Johnston.[1]

Johnston served in the Australian army during World War II, despite being 56 years old by falsifying his birth day to 1 January 1896.[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: Discovery of a new Tiger of Old. Bartlett. Rhett. 2 December 2018. richmondfc.com.au. 2 December 2018. 27 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190327040120/https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2018-11-30/discovery-of-a-new-tiger-of-old. live.
  2. Web site: Department of Veterans' Affairs . World War Two Nominal Rolls: Service Record . live . 2 November 2023 . Government of Australia . en . 22 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230322072844/https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=556516&c=WW2 .