Albert Trim was an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er who played with South Melbourne

Sydney Swans

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 and Carlton

Carlton Football Club

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 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL). His surname was sometimes spelled as Trimm.

A defender from Beechworth

Beechworth Football Club

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, Trim played in South Melbourne's losing 1899 VFL Grand Final

1899 VFL Grand Final

The 1899 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Fitzroy Football Club and South Melbourne Football Club, held at the St Kilda Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 16 September 1899. It was the 2nd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to...

team and captained his club for the 1901 season. He spent his final two league seasons at Carlton and appeared in another losing Grand Final in 1904. During 1899, 1903 and 1904, Trim represented the VFL at interstate football.