Harold Albiston

Harold Albiston
Personal information
Full name	Harold George Albiston
Date of birth	13 April 1916
Place of birth	Warrnambool, Victoria[1]
Date of death	18 January 1990 (aged 73)
Place of death	McCrae, Victoria
Original team(s)	Kew (VAFA)
Height/Weight	173 cm / 72 kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1935 1936-1940 Total -	Collingwood Hawthorn	1 (0) 62 (0) 63 (0)
^1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1940 season.

Harold George Albiston (13 April 1916 – 18 January 1990) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Albiston, a recruit from Kew in the Victorian Amateur Football Association, made just one senior appearance for Collingwood, in the 1935 VFL season.^[2][3] He was cleared to Hawthorn in 1936, where he played with his younger brother Alec Albiston, who also debuted that year.^[4] Harold played in the final six rounds of the season, then didn't lose his spot in the team until 1940 (when he enlisted in the army), playing 60 consecutive games.^[3][5] Another brother, Ken Albiston, played for Richmond and Melbourne after the war.^[2]

He was also a district cricketer, for Hawthorn-East Melbourne and Collingwood.^[6]

Harold's son, David Albiston, played 61 league games for Hawthorn, including the 1963 VFL Grand Final.^[2]

References

1. "World War Two Nominal Roll". Australian Government.
2. Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
3. "Harold Albiston". AFL Tables.
4. "Richmond Keeps Seven New Men". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic: National Library of Australia). 29 April 1936. p. 18. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
5. "These Prominent Men Have Joined The Colours.". The Argus. 29 June 1940. p. 11 Supplement: The Argus Week-end Magazine. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
6. "A-C - Victorian Premier Cricket - Cricket Victoria" (PDF). Cricket Victoria. (PDF)