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Champions of the Colony: Laurie Nash, Albert Thurgood, H. C. A. Harrison, Dave Mcnamara, Jack Mckenzie |
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English |
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Paperback |
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54 |
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2010-05-04 |
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1155432738 |
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Books LLC |
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0.2 pounds |
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5.98 x 9.02 x 0.12 inches |
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Laurie Nash, Albert Thurgood, H. C. A. Harrison, Dave Mcnamara, Jack Mckenzie, Charlie Pearson. Excerpt: "Albert the Great" Thurgood (1874-1927) Albert John "The Great" Thurgood (11 January 1874 8 May 1927) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football Association , Victorian Football League and the Western Australian Football Association . He was no mere footballer but is considered to be the first champion player of the VFL , winning the Champion of the Colony award three times. He usually played at centre-half-forward, but his versatility enabled him to be switched to any position on the ground. Early life Born on January 11, 1874 at Errol Street, North Melbourne , to John Thurgood, a builder and Amelia, née Buckland. After his education at Brighton Grammar School , he joined the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football Association . Football career VFA Thurgood played for Essendon in the VFA (1892-94) during its run of four successive premierships (1891-94). At six feet tall (182 cm) and twelve stone (76.2 kg), Thurgood possessed qualities that made him a versatile key position player: extraordinarily fast, a superb mark , and as nimble and agile as a hare . His greatest asset was his kicking. Usually playing at centre half-forward , he could regularly punt-kick over 80 yards (73.1m) and drop-kick over 90 yards (82.3m). One slightly wind assisted place-kick by Thurgood, measured at practice at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground on 22 June 1899, travelled 107yds 2ft 1in (98.48m); another, measured at practice at the same venue on 27 August 1901, that was not wind assisted, travelled 101yds (92.35m). In an actual match, Essendon vs. Carlton at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground in August 1893, he kicked a place-kick that travelled 104yds 2ft (95.71m). Dur...
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