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{{short description|Australian rules footballer and coach}}
{{for|the English footballer|Albert Chadwick (English footballer)}}
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{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Sir Albert Chadwick
| image = Albert Chadwick (before 1928).jpg
| alt = 
| caption = 
| fullname = Sir Albert Edward Chadwick
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1897|11|15}}
| birth_place = [[Beechworth]], Victoria
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1983|10|27|1897|11|15}}
| death_place = [[Toorak, Victoria]]
| height = 184 cm
| weight = 86 kg
| position = Centre half-back
| statsend = 1929
| coachstatsend = 1929
| years1 = 1919
| club1 = Prahran (VFA)
| games_goals1 = 12 (8)
| years2 = 1920–1928
| club2 = Melbourne (VFL)
| games_goals2 = 141 (45)
| years3 = 1929
| club3 = Hawthorn (VFL)
| games_goals3 = {{0}}17 (8)
| games_goalstotal = 170 (61)
| sooteam1 = [[Victoria Australian rules football team|Victoria]]
| soogames_goals1 = 18 (7)
| coachyears1 = 1925–1927
| coachclub1 = {{AFL Mel}}
| coachgames_wins1 = 58 (42–15–1)
| coachyears2 = 1929
| coachclub2 = {{AFL Haw}}
| coachgames_wins2 = 18 (4–14–0)
| coachgames_winstotal = 76 (46–29–1)
| careerhighlights = *[[Australian Football League|VFL]] premiership: [[1926 VFL Grand Final|1926]]
*[[List of Melbourne Football Club captains|Melbourne captain]]: 1924–1927
*[[List of Hawthorn Football Club captains|Hawthorn captain]]: 1929
*Melbourne Team of the Century <small>(interchange)</small>
*[[Melbourne Football Club#Hall of Fame|Melbourne Hall of Fame]]
*Runner-up in the [[Brownlow Medal]]: 1924
}}

'''Sir Albert Edward Chadwick''', [[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George|CMG]], [[Meritorious Service Medal (Australia)|MSM]] (15 November 1897 – 27 October 1983) was an [[Australian rules football]]er in the (then) [[Australian Football League|Victorian Football League]] (VFL).

==Early life==
The son of Andrew Chadwick (1854-1906),<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9657937 Funeral Notices: Chadwick, (Friday, 2 November 1906), p.1.]</ref><ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155418734 Tungamah, ''The Benalla Standard'', (Tuesday, 13 November 1906), p.4.]</ref> and Georgina Ann Chadwick (1867-1948), née Prater,<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22536500 Deaths: Chadwick, (Saturday, 24 January 1948), p.2.]</ref> Albert Edward Chadwick was born at [[Beechworth]], Victoria, on 15 November 1897.

He married Thelma Marea Crawley (1899-1979) in 1924. Their son, [[Bob Chadwick|Robert Edward Chadwick (1927-1992)]] also played for the Melbourne First XVIII.

==Education==
He was educated at [[Tungamah]] State Primary School (No.2225).

==Football==
A tough [[centre half-back]] who ran hard and straight, he played the majority of his career with [[Melbourne Football Club]], one season with the [[Prahran Football Club]], and one season for [[Hawthorn Football Club]].

===Prahran (VFA)===
Recruited by Prahran after a chance encounter with the Club's secretary,<ref>Chadwick, Bert, "My Novel Start at Football, ''The Sporting Globe'', (Saturday, 7 September 1935), pp.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article189128593 7], [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page20613956 8.]</ref> he made his debut, against North Melbourne, on 24 May 1919, and went on to play in 12 consecutive games for the Prahran First XVIII in 1919.

===Melbourne (VFL)===
Cleared from Prahran in 1920.<ref>At the time, Prahran Football Club was in Melbourne's "district": see [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1468346 'Old Boy', "Football", ''The Argus'', (Friday, 16 May 1919), p.8].</ref>

He was runner-up to [[Edward Greeves|Edward "Carji" Greeves]] in the inaugural [[Brownlow Medal]] in 1924: with one vote available per home-and-away game, and with Greeves and Chadwick both missing games when playing inter-state football for Victoria, Greeves scored seven votes (i.e., best-on-ground in seven matches) and Chadwick six.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2034837 Best and Fairest Player: Greeves (Geelong) Wins Award, ''The Argus'', (Thursday, 18 September 1924), p.168.]</ref><ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203664019 'Forward', "Football: Brownlow Memorial Medal: Awarded to C. Greeves (Geelong), 'Best and Fairest Player' ", ''The Age'', (Thursday, 18 September 1924), p.12.]</ref>

===Hawthorn (VFL)===
He played for the Hawthorn First XVIII in 17 games (scoring 8 goals) in 1929.

==Military service==
Having added a year to his age, Chadwick enlisted in the First AIF on 12 February 1916, and went on to serve overseas with the Australian Flying Corps. He was [[Mentioned in dispatches#Australia|Mentioned in Dispatches]] in January 1919.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page25024776 (Mentioned in Dispatches), 3rd Military District: No.281 Sergeant A. E. Chadwick, Australian Flying Corps, ''Commonwealth of Australia Gazette'', No.61, (23 May 1919), p.895.]</ref> He returned to Australia on HMAT ''Port Sydney'' in April 1919,<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article213873444 Soldiers Returning: Light Horse and Air Men: List on Port Sydney, ''The Ballarat Star'', (Friday, 28 March 1919), p.2.]</ref> and was awarded the [[Meritorious Service Medal (Australia)|Meritorious Service Medal]] in 1919.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page25025338 Awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, 3rd Military District: No.281 Sergeant-Mechanic Albert Edward Chadwick, Australian Flying Corps, ''Commonwealth of Australia Gazette'', No.113, (6 October 1919), p.1465.]</ref>

During [[World War II]], Chadwick served in the [[Royal Australian Air Force]]. He was discharged on 6 July 1945 in the rank of [[Wing commander (rank)|Wing Commander]],<ref>World War Two Nominal Roll.</ref> having held the acting rank of [[Group Captain]] while serving as the RAAF's Director of Recruiting, a position which he held from 1942.<ref>Fahey, 2007.</ref>

==After Football==
Chadwick was Chairman of the Gas and Fuel Corporation of Victoria, the [[Melbourne Cricket Club]] president from 1965 to 1979, and the [[Melbourne Football Club]] president from 1950 to 1962.<ref>Piesse (1993), p.49.</ref>

Highly successful in business, he was appointed a Companion in the [[Order of St Michael and St George]] on 1 January 1967,<ref>Award no.1066696.</ref><ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page11624833 The New Year Honours: The Commonwealth and State List in Full, ''The Canberra Times'', (Monday, 2 January 1967), p.6.]</ref><ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=59oQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=b5MDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6007%2C10781 Knighthoods for 3 Victorians, ''The Age'', (Monday, 2 January 1967), p.1.]</ref> and knighted on 1 January 1974.<ref>Award no.1083204.</ref><ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110754654 Victoria stays with January 1 honours, ''The Canberra Times'', (Tuesday, 1 January 1974), p.1.]</ref>

==Death==
He died at his home in [[Toorak, Victoria]] on 27 October 1983<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fx9VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=V5QDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1391%2C5501452 Deaths: Chadwick, ''The Age'', (Friday, 28 October 1983), p.25.]</ref> and was cremated at Springvale Botanical Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://smct.org.au/deceased-search/484485?cemetery=Springvale%20Botanical%20Cemetery&termsCheckbox=1 |title=Albert Edward Chadwick |publisher=Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust}}</ref>

==Australian Football Hall of Fame==
In 1995, Chadwick was inducted into the [[Australian Football Hall of Fame]].

==See also==
* [[1924 Hobart Carnival]]
* [[1927 Melbourne Carnival]]

== Footnotes ==
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== References ==
* [https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/awm-media/collection/RCDIG1068949/large/5365121.JPG First World War Nominal Roll: Sergeant Albert Edward Chadwick (M.S.M.) (281), collection of the ''Australian War Memorial'']
* [https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/NAAMedia/ViewPDF.aspx?B=3223670&D=D First World War Service Record: Sergeant Albert Edward Chadwick (281), ''National Archives of Australia'']
* [https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/awm-media/collection/RCDIG1067814/large/5376315.JPG First World War Embarkation Roll: Second Corporal (Lance Corporal) Commander Albert Edward Chadwick (281), ''Department of Veterans' Affairs'']
* [http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?ServiceId=R&VeteranId=1043027 World War Two Nominal Roll: Wing Commander Albert Edward Chadwick (250987), ''Department of Veterans' Affairs'']
* [https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/NAAMedia/ShowImage.aspx?B=5377434&S=1&T=PDF&D=D World War Two Service Record: Wing Commander Albert Edward Chadwick (250987), ''National Archives of Australia'']
* [https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/chadwick-sir-albert-edward-bert-12301 Fahey, Charles (2007), "Chadwick, Sir Albert Edward (Bert) (1897–1983)", ''Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 17'', Carlton: Melbourne University Press, 2007.]
* [[Hector de Lacy|de Lacy, H.A.]] (1941), [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article181711283 "Unforgettable Characters in Football: Bert Chadwick and the Side he Re-Made, ''The Sporting Globe'', (Saturday, 23 August 1941), p.5.]
* Richardson, Nick (2021), ''Chadwick: A Man of Many Parts'', Slattery Media, {{ISBN|978-0-645-09760-3}}
* {{cite book |last=Ross |first=John |title=The Australian Football Hall of Fame |year=1999 |publisher=HarperCollinsPublishers |location=Australia |isbn=0-7322-6426-X | pages= 46 }}
* {{cite book|last1=Piesse|first1=Ken|title=The Complete Guide to Australian Football|date=1993|publisher=Pan MacMillan Australia Pty Limited|location=Melbourne|isbn=0330357123}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928042351/http://prod.www.afl.cfour.com.au/Season2007/Awards/HallofFame/Players/tabid/856/Default.aspx AFL Hall of Fame]
* {{AFL Tables|ref=B/Bert_Chadwick.html}}
* {{AustralianFootball|ref=Bert%2BChadwick/3786}}
* [http://demonwiki.org/Bert+Chadwick Bert Chadwick, at ''Demonwiki'']
* [http://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Players/Chadwick,_Albert._E..php Albert E.Chadwick, at ''The VFA Project'']
* [http://www.boylesfootballphotos.net.au/Bert+Chadwick Bert Chadwick, at ''Boyles Football Photos'']

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