Alec Albiston
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Alec Albiston is a former Australian rules football
er who played with Hawthorn
in the Victorian Football League
(VFL) and with North Melbourne
for his final season. A goalkicking rover, he was captain and coach of Hawthorn between 1947 and 1949. He was the first player in the history of the club to kick 10 goals in a match, doing so against North Melbourne in the opening round of the 1940 season.
Albiston won the Hawthorn best and fairest
award in both 1941 and 1946. He topped the Hawks' goalkicking charts four times during his career, in 1939, 1941, 1942 and 1945.
Albiston was involved in a nasty off season split at Hawthorn in 1949; Albiston had accepted that he would not be coaching in 1950, but a committeeman had promised him the captaincy. Bob McCaskill
had wanted Kevin Curran
as captain and this caused a huge internal fight. Brownlow Medal
list Col Austen
sided with Albiston. The committee sided with the new coach and Albiston and Austen were given open clearances. With the loss of its best two players, Hawthorn lost every game of the 1950 season.
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
er who played with Hawthorn
Hawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
in the Victorian Football League
Australian Football League
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(VFL) and with North Melbourne
North Melbourne Football Club
The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world...
for his final season. A goalkicking rover, he was captain and coach of Hawthorn between 1947 and 1949. He was the first player in the history of the club to kick 10 goals in a match, doing so against North Melbourne in the opening round of the 1940 season.
Albiston won the Hawthorn best and fairest
Peter Crimmins Medal
The Peter Crimmins Medal is an Australian rules football award given to the player from the Hawthorn Football Club deemed best and fairest for the season.Peter Crimmins was a rover for Hawthorn, playing 1966-1975...
award in both 1941 and 1946. He topped the Hawks' goalkicking charts four times during his career, in 1939, 1941, 1942 and 1945.
Albiston was involved in a nasty off season split at Hawthorn in 1949; Albiston had accepted that he would not be coaching in 1950, but a committeeman had promised him the captaincy. Bob McCaskill
Bob McCaskill
Robert 'Bob' McCaskill was an Australian rules footballer who played for Richmond in the Victorian Football League during the 1920s and coached both North Melbourne and Hawthorn....
had wanted Kevin Curran
Kevin Curran (footballer)
Kevin Curran was an Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the VFL during the 1940s.Curran was recruited to Hawthorn from Traralgon and played his first game with them in 1940....
as captain and this caused a huge internal fight. Brownlow Medal
Brownlow Medal
The Chas Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal , is awarded to the "fairest and best" player in the Australian Football League during the regular season as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game...
list Col Austen
Col Austen
Colin 'Col' Austen was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the VFL from 1941 to 1943 and then again from 1946 to 1949. He then played for the Richmond Football Club from 1950 to 1952....
sided with Albiston. The committee sided with the new coach and Albiston and Austen were given open clearances. With the loss of its best two players, Hawthorn lost every game of the 1950 season.