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Sir Albert Chadwick
Personal information
Full name	Sir Albert Edward Chadwick
Date of birth	(1897-11-15)15 November 1897
Place of birth	Beechworth, Victoria
Date of death	27 October 1983(1983-10-27) (aged 85)
Place of death	Toorak, Victoria
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Position(s)	Centre half-back
Playing career
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1919	Prahran (VFA)	12 (8)
1920–1928	Melbourne (VFL)	141 (45)
1929	Hawthorn (VFL)	017 (8)
Total		170 (61)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
	Victoria	18 (7)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1925–1927	Melbourne	58 (42–15–1)
1929	Hawthorn	18 (4–14–0)
Total		76 (46–29–1)
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1929. Coaching statistics correct as of 1929.
Career highlights
VFL premiership: 1926 Melbourne captain: 1924–1927 Hawthorn captain: 1929 Melbourne Team of the Century (interchange) Melbourne Hall of Fame Runner-up in the Brownlow Medal: 1924
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Sir Albert Edward Chadwick, CMG, MSM (15 November 1897 – 27 October 1983) was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League (VFL).

Early life

The son of Andrew Chadwick (1854-1906), and Georgina Ann Chadwick (1867-1948), née Prater, Albert Edward Chadwick was born at Beechworth, Victoria, on 15 November 1897.

He married Thelma Marea Crawley (1899-1979) in 1924. Their son, Robert Edward Chadwick (1927-1992) also played for the Melbourne First XVIII.

Education

He was educated at Tungamah State Primary School (No.2225).

Football

A tough centre half-back who ran hard and straight, he played the majority of his career with Melbourne Football Club, one season with the Prahran Football Club, and one season for Hawthorn Football Club.

Prahran (VFA)

Recruited by Prahran after a chance encounter with the Club's secretary, he made his debut, against North Melbourne, on 24 May 1919, and went on to play in 12 consecutive games for the Prahran First XVIII in 1919.

Melbourne (VFL)

Cleared from Prahran in 1920.

He was runner-up to Edward "Carji" Greeves in the inaugural Brownlow Medal in 1924: with one vote available per home-and-away game, and with Greeves and Chadwick both missing games when playing inter-state football for Victoria, Greeves scored seven votes (i.e., best-on-ground in seven matches) and Chadwick six.

Hawthorn (VFL)

He played for the Hawthorn First XVIII in 17 games (scoring 8 goals) in 1929.

Military service

Having added a year to his age, Chadwick enlisted in the First AIF on 12 February 1916, and went on to serve overseas with the Australian Flying Corps. He was Mentioned in Dispatches in January 1919. He returned to Australia on HMAT Port Sydney in April 1919, and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in 1919.

During World War II, Chadwick served in the Royal Australian Air Force. He was discharged on 6 July 1945 in the rank of Wing Commander, having held the acting rank of Group Captain while serving as the RAAF's Director of Recruiting, a position which he held from 1942.

After Football

Chadwick was Chairman of the Gas and Fuel Corporation of Victoria, the Melbourne Cricket Club president from 1965 to 1979, and the Melbourne Football Club president from 1950 to 1962.

Highly successful in business, he was appointed a Companion in the Order of St Michael and St George on 1 January 1967, and knighted on 1 January 1974.

Death

He died at his home in Toorak, Victoria on 27 October 1983 and was cremated at Springvale Botanical Cemetery.

Australian Football Hall of Fame

In 1995, Chadwick was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

See also

• 1924 Hobart Carnival
• 1927 Melbourne Carnival

Footnotes

1. Funeral Notices: Chadwick, (Friday, 2 November 1906), p.1.
2. Tungamah, The Benalla Standard, (Tuesday, 13 November 1906), p.4.
3. Deaths: Chadwick, (Saturday, 24 January 1948), p.2.
4. Chadwick, Bert, "My Novel Start at Football, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 7 September 1935), pp.7, 8.
5. At the time, Prahran Football Club was in Melbourne's "district": see 'Old Boy', "Football", The Argus, (Friday, 16 May 1919), p.8.
6. Best and Fairest Player: Greeves (Geelong) Wins Award, The Argus, (Thursday, 18 September 1924), p.168.
7. 'Forward', "Football: Brownlow Memorial Medal: Awarded to C. Greeves (Geelong), 'Best and Fairest Player' ", The Age, (Thursday, 18 September 1924), p.12.
8. (Mentioned in Dispatches), 3rd Military District: No.281 Sergeant A. E. Chadwick, Australian Flying Corps, Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No.61, (23 May 1919), p.895.
9. Soldiers Returning: Light Horse and Air Men: List on Port Sydney, The Ballarat Star, (Friday, 28 March 1919), p.2.
10. Awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, 3rd Military District: No.281 Sergeant-Mechanic Albert Edward Chadwick, Australian Flying Corps, Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No.113, (6 October 1919), p.1465.
11. World War Two Nominal Roll.
12. Fahey, 2007.
13. Piesse (1993), p.49.
14. Award no.1066696.
15. The New Year Honours: The Commonwealth and State List in Full, The Canberra Times, (Monday, 2 January 1967), p.6.
16. Knighthoods for 3 Victorians, The Age, (Monday, 2 January 1967), p.1.
17. Award no.1083204.
18. Victoria stays with January 1 honours, The Canberra Times, (Tuesday, 1 January 1974), p.1.
19. Deaths: Chadwick, The Age, (Friday, 28 October 1983), p.25.
20. "Albert Edward Chadwick". Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust.

References

• First World War Nominal Roll: Sergeant Albert Edward Chadwick (M.S.M.) (281), collection of the Australian War Memorial
• First World War Service Record: Sergeant Albert Edward Chadwick (281), National Archives of Australia
• First World War Embarkation Roll: Second Corporal (Lance Corporal) Commander Albert Edward Chadwick (281), Department of Veterans' Affairs
• World War Two Nominal Roll: Wing Commander Albert Edward Chadwick (250987), Department of Veterans' Affairs
• World War Two Service Record: Wing Commander Albert Edward Chadwick (250987), National Archives of Australia
• Fahey, Charles (2007), "Chadwick, Sir Albert Edward (Bert) (1897–1983)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 17, Carlton: Melbourne University Press, 2007.
• de Lacy, H.A. (1941), "Unforgettable Characters in Football: Bert Chadwick and the Side he Re-Made, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 23 August 1941), p.5.
• Richardson, Nick (2021), Chadwick: A Man of Many Parts, Slattery Media, ISBN 978-0-645-09760-3
• Ross, John (1999). The Australian Football Hall of Fame. Australia: HarperCollinsPublishers. p. 46. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X.
• Piesse, Ken (1993). The Complete Guide to Australian Football. Melbourne: Pan MacMillan Australia Pty Limited. ISBN 0330357123.

External links

• AFL Hall of Fame
• Albert Chadwick's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Albert Chadwick at AustralianFootball.com
• Bert Chadwick, at Demonwiki
• Albert E.Chadwick, at The VFA Project
• Bert Chadwick, at Boyles Football Photos

• 1897 births
• 1983 deaths
• Military personnel from Victoria (state)
• Melbourne Football Club players
• Melbourne Football Club coaches
• Hawthorn Football Club players
• Hawthorn Football Club coaches
• Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees
• Melbourne Football Club captains
• Melbourne Football Club presidents
• Prahran Football Club players
• Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
• Australian Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
• Australian Knights Bachelor
• Australian military personnel of World War I
• Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II
• Royal Australian Air Force officers
• Melbourne Football Club premiership players
• Melbourne Football Club premiership coaches
• VFL/AFL premiership players
• VFL/AFL premiership coaches