Albert Trim

Albert Trim
Trim in 1899
Personal information
Full name	Albert Trim
Date of birth	6 October 1875
Date of death	11 July 1954(1954-07-11) (aged 78)
Original team(s)	Beechworth
Position(s)	Defender
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1898–1901 1903–04 Total	South Melbourne Carlton	065 (0) 036 (0) 101 (0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1904.
Career highlights
South Melbourne captain: 1901

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

A defender from Beechworth, 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.^[1]

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.^[2]

References

↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
↑ Errington, Steve (2013). Southerners Forever More. pp. 22–23.

External links

Albert Trim's statistics from AFL Tables
Albert Trim's profile from AustralianFootball.com

Captains of the South Melbourne Football Club/Sydney Swans

1897–1898: Fraser 1899: Adamson 1900: Windley 1901: Trim 1902: Windley 1903: Fogarty 1904–1905: McGee 1906: Howson 1907–1908: Dolphin 1909: Ricketts 1910–1911: Thomas 1912: Ricketts 1913: H. Kelly 1914–1915; 1917:* Belcher 1918–1919: Caldwell 1920: Belcher 1921: Willis 1922: Tandy 1923–1925: P. Scanlan 1926–1927: Pannam 1928: J. Scanlan 1929: Stanbridge 1930–1931: J. Scanlan 1932: Leonard 1933–1936: Bisset 1937: Nash 1938–1945: Matthews 1946–1948: Graham 1949: Lucas 1950–1952: Lane 1953–1954: Clegg 1955: Gunn 1956: Gillett 1957–1960: Clegg 1961–1971: Skilton 1972: Rantall 1973–1976: Bedford 1977–1979: Quade 1980–1984: Round 1984–1985: Browning 1986–1992: Carroll 1993–2002: P. Kelly 2003–2005: Maxfield 2006–2007: Hall/Kirk/Barry 2008: Hall/Barry/Bolton 2009–2010: Bolton/Goodes/Kirk 2011–2012: Goodes/McVeigh 2013–: Jack/McVeigh

*South Melbourne did not participate in the VFL in 1916 due to World War I

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