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Albert Trim

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Use Australian English|date=October 2011}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Albert Trim

| image = Albert Trim 1906.jpg

| caption = Cigarette card of Trim in 1906

| fullname = Albert Trim

| birth_date = 6 October 1875

| birth_place = Beechworth, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|1954|7|11|1875|10|6|df=yes}}

| death_place = Subiaco, Western Australia

| originalteam = Beechworth

| height =

| weight =

| position = Defender

| statsend = 1904

| years1 = 1898–1901

| club1 = South Melbourne

| games_goals1 = {{0}}65 (0)

| years2 = 1903–04

| club2 = Carlton

| games_goals2 = {{0}}36 (0)

| games_goalstotal = 101 (0)

| careerhighlights = *South Melbourne captain: 1901

}}

Albert TrimHis family name was sometimes given as Trimm. (6 October 1875 – 11 July 1954) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Football

A defender from Beechworth, Trim played in Beechworth's 1897 Ovens & Murray Football League premiership side.{{cite web |title=A dip into the past |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/223994951 |publisher=Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic) |access-date=10 August 2021 |pages=71 |date=3 May 1930}}

Trim played in South Melbourne's losing 1899 VFL Grand Final 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.Holmesby & Main (2007).

In 1905 he moved to Western Australia and played for South Fremantle. He was elected captain during the season and held the position until the end of 1906.{{cite book|first=Steve|last=Errington|title=Southerners Forever More|year=2013|pages=22–23}}

Death

He died in Western Australia in July 1954.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52954456 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=The West Australian |volume=70 |issue=21,208 |location=Perth, Western Australia |date=13 July 1954 |page=30}}

See also

Notes

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References

  • {{cite book|last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=9781920910785}}

External links

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  • [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/223995030/23877984/ 1897 – Ovens & Murray FA Premiers: Beechworth FC team photo]

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Category:1875 births

Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)

Category:Sydney Swans players

Category:Carlton Football Club players

Category:1954 deaths

Category:South Fremantle Football Club players

Category:19th-century Australian sportsmen

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