Arthur Davidson (footballer, born 1912)
Appearance
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Arthur Davidson | ||
Date of birth | 30 November 1912 | ||
Date of death | 14 December 2002 | (aged 90)||
Original team(s) | Sale, Camberwell | ||
Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1939 | Hawthorn | 7 (19) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1939. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Arthur Davidson (30 November 1912 – 14 December 2002) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Davidson was from Sale originally. Davidson won Sale’s 1933 club best and fairest gold medal award. [2] Davidson won the 1935 Gippsland Football League's best and fairest award, the Trood Award[3] prior to joining his older brother Hec Davidson at Camberwell in 1936.
His statistics at Camberwell FC were – 47 games and 96 goals, (1936–38). Camberwell best and fairest 1938.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 209. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ "1933 Sale FC - AGM". Trove Newspapers. Gippsland Times. 16 March 1933. p. 3. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ^ "1935 – Gippsland's Best & Fairest". Trove Newspapers. The Argus. 22 October 1934. p. 13. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
External links
[edit]- Arthur Davidson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Arthur Davidson at AustralianFootball.com