Australian rules footballer
| George Young | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | George Albert Young | ||
| Date of birth | (1949-02-03) 3 February 1949 (age 75) | ||
| Place of birth | Caulfield, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Wembley Amateurs | ||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1969–1972 | Subiaco | 077 0(72) | |
| 1973–1978 | St Kilda | 108 (284) | |
| Playing statistics correct to the end of 1978. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
George Albert Young (born 3 February 1949) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Subiaco in the West Australian National Football League (WANFL) during the 1970s.
Before Young came to St Kilda, he played 76 WANFL games with Subiaco as well as representing Western Australia (where his family relocated from Melbourne when he was one year old) at interstate football; his performance at the 1972 Perth Carnival had earned him an All-Australian selection. He debuted for St Kilda in 1973 and played his first couple of seasons as a half forward flanker. In 1975, he played at full-forward and topped the club's goalkicking every season before leaving after the 1978 season. His best tally was 70 goals in 1978, a year in which he managed a bag of 10 against Fitzroy in their Round 12 encounter.
Young also played two Sheffield Shield matches for the Western Australian cricket team in the 1972–73 Australian cricket season. He was a left-handed batsman and made a century in the second match, an innings of 125 against South Australia at the WACA Ground.
See also
References
- George Albert Young Western Australian Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 21 December 2022
- "Western Australia v South Australia 1972/73". CricketArchive.
External links
- George Young's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- George Young at AustralianFootball.com
- Cricinfo profile
| Subiaco Football Club – Team of the Century | |
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| Half-back | |
| Centre | |
| Half-forward | |
| Forward | |
| Ruck | |
| Interchange | |
| Coach | |
| selected in 2008 | |
| St Kilda Football Club · leading goalkickers | |
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- 1949 births
- Living people
- Australian rules footballers from Western Australia
- St Kilda Football Club players
- Subiaco Football Club players
- All-Australians (1953–1988)
- West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees
- Australian cricketers
- Western Australia cricketers
- Cricketers from Melbourne
- Australian rules biography, 1940s birth stubs
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