Albert Chadwick

Sir Albert Chadwick
Sir Albert Chadwick
Personal information
Full name	Sir Albert Edward Chadwick
Born	15 November 1897; Beechworth, Victoria
Died	27 October 1983 (aged 85); Toorak, Victoria
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Position	Centre half-back
Playing career1
Years	Club
1919	Prahran (VFA)
1920–1928	Melbourne (VFL)
1929	Hawthorn (VFL)
Total
Representative team honours
Years	Team
	Victoria
Coaching career3
Years	Club
1925–1927	Melbourne
1929	Hawthorn
Total
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1929. 3 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),^[1]^[2] and Georgina Ann Chadwick (1867-1948), née Prater,^[3] 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,^[4] 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.^[5]

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.^[6]^[7]

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.^[8] He returned to Australia on HMAT Port Sydney in April 1919,^[9] and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in 1919.^[10]

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,^[11] having held the acting rank of Group Captain while serving as the RAAF's Director of Recruiting, a position which he held from 1942.^[12]

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.^[13]

Highly successful in business, he was appointed a Companion in the Order of St Michael and St George on 1 January 1967,^[14]^[15]^[16] and knighted on 1 January 1974.^[17]^[18]

Death

He died at his home in Toorak, Victoria on 27 October 1983^[19] and was cremated at Springvale Botanical Cemetery.^[20]

Australian Football Hall of Fame

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

Footnotes

^ Funeral Notices: Chadwick, (Friday, 2 November 1906), p.1.
^ Tungamah, The Benalla Standard, (Tuesday, 13 November 1906), p.4.
^ Deaths: Chadwick, (Saturday, 24 January 1948), p.2.
^ Chadwick, Bert, "My Novel Start at Football, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 7 September 1935), pp.7, 8.
^ At the time, Prahran Football Club was in Melbourne's "district": see 'Old Boy', "Football", The Argus, (Friday, 16 May 1919), p.8.
^ Best and Fairest Player: Greeves (Geelong) Wins Award, The Argus, (Thursday, 18 September 1924), p.168.
^ 'Forward', "Football: Brownlow Memorial Medal: Awarded to C. Greeves (Geelong), 'Best and Fairest Player' ", The Age, (Thursday, 18 September 1924), p.12.
^ (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.
^ Soldiers Returning: Light Horse and Air Men: List on Port Sydney, The Ballarat Star, (Friday, 28 March 1919), p.2.
^ 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.
^ World War Two Nominal Roll.
^ Fahey, 2007.
^ Piesse (1993), p.49.
^ Award no.1066696.
^ The New Year Honours: The Commonwealth and State List in Full, The Canberra Times, (Monday, 2 January 1967), p.6.
^ Knighthoods for 3 Victorians, The Age, (Monday, 2 January 1967), p.1.
^ Award no.1083204.
^ Victoria stays with January 1 honours, The Canberra Times, (Tuesday, 1 January 1974), p.1.
^ Deaths: Chadwick, The Age, (Friday, 28 October 1983), p.25.
^ "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 Archived 30 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine
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

[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.

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v t e Melbourne Football Club 1926 VFL premiers
Melbourne 17.17 (119) defeated Collingwood 9.8 (62), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1. Wittman 3. Thomas 4. Abernethy 8. White 9. Streeter 10. Collins 14. Warne-Smith 16. Johnson 17. Chadwick (c) 19. Coy 22. Moyes 23. Vine 26. Tymms 28. Dunbar 29. Davidson 31. Deane 34. Duff 35. Taylor
Coach: Chadwick

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Full-back	John Beckwith Tassie Johnson Don Cordner
Half-back	Noel McMahen Gary Hardeman Don Williams
Centre	Brian Dixon Allan La Fontaine Robert Flower
Half-forward	Hassa Mann Ivor Warne-Smith Garry Lyon
Full-forward	Jack Mueller Norm Smith Percy Beames
Ruck	Denis Cordner Ron Barassi (c) Stuart Spencer
Interchange	Frank Adams Albert Chadwick Wally Lock Laurie Mithen Jim Stynes Todd Viney
Emergencies	Stan Alves Ian Ridley Bob Johnson Greg Wells
Coach	Norm Smith

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Italics denote caretaker coach

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VFA	1914–1915: Gough 1919: McKenzie 1920: Alley 1920–1921: Rademacher 1922–1924: Walton
VFL/AFL	1925: Hall 1926–1927: Minogue 1928: Sutton 1929: Chadwick 1930–1931: Harris 1932: Jackson 1933: Phillips 1933: Rademacher 1933–1934: Twomey 1935–1938: McAlpine 1939: Thomas 1940–1941: Mills 1942–1943: Cazaly 1944: Lahiff 1945–1946: Shea 1947–1949: Albiston 1950–1951: McCaskill 1952–1959: Hale 1960–1963: Kennedy 1964–1965: Arthur 1966: O'Donohue 1967–1976: Kennedy 1973: Simmonds 1977–1980: Parkin 1981–1987: Jeans 1988: Joyce 1989–1990: Jeans 1991–1993: Joyce 1994–1995: Knights 1996–1999: Judge 2000–2004: Schwab 2001: Connolly 2004: McDonald 2005–2021: Clarkson 2014: Bolton 2022–: Mitchell
AFL Women's	2022 (S7)–2023: Goddard 2024–: Webster
Italics denote caretaker coach