Albert Thurgood

Albert Thurgood
Albert Thurgood
Personal information
Full name	Albert John Thurgood
Date of birth	11 January 1874
Place of birth	North Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death	8 May 1927 (aged 53)
Place of death	Malvern, Victoria
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Position(s)	Centre half-forward
Playing career1
Years	Club
1892–1894	Essendon (VFA)
1895–1897	Fremantle (WAFA)
1899–1902, 1906	Essendon (VFL)
Total
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1906.
Career highlights
	3 × VFA premiership player: 1892, 1893, 1894; 2 x WAFA premiership player: 1895, 1896; VFL premiership player: 1901; 3× VFA Leading goalkicker: 1892, 1893, 1894; 3× WAFA Leading goalkicker: 1895, 1896, 1897; VFL Leading Goalkicker: 1900; Best Player winner: 1901; 5× Essendon leading goalkicker: 1892, 1893, 1894, 1900, 1902; Essendon Team of the Century; Australian Football Hall of Fame; West Australian Football Hall of Fame;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Albert John Thurgood (11 January 1874 – 8 May 1927) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), Victorian Football League (VFL) and the Western Australian Football Association (WAFA).

He is considered one of the great champion players of the VFA and VFL and possibly the longest place kick of any code in history.^[1] Described as "an ideal footballer", he usually played at centre-half-forward; but his skill and versatility enabled him to be switched to any position on the ground.^[2] He has been described as the “first icon of Australian Rules football”.^[3]

^ Atkinson, Graeme, ed. (1989). 3AW Book of Footy Records. Melbourne, Victoria: Magenta Publishing. p. 66. ISBN 1-86321-009-1.
^ ""BEST ALL-ROUND FOOTBALLER"". The Argus. Melbourne. 11 July 1934. p. 15. Retrieved 30 May 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
^ ”Albert Thurgood: The Champion of Champions,” AFL Record, 17 September, 2010, pp 38-42

[3AW_Book_of_Footy_Records-1] Atkinson, Graeme, ed. (1989). 3AW Book of Footy Records. Melbourne, Victoria: Magenta Publishing. p. 66. ISBN 1-86321-009-1.

[2] ""BEST ALL-ROUND FOOTBALLER"". The Argus. Melbourne. 11 July 1934. p. 15. Retrieved 30 May 2012 – via National Library of Australia.

[3] ”Albert Thurgood: The Champion of Champions,” AFL Record, 17 September, 2010, pp 38-42

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