Albert Gourlay
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Albert Gourlay | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Albert John Gourlay | ||
Date of birth | 31 July 1881 | ||
Place of birth | Emerald Hill, Victoria | ||
Date of death | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. | ||
Place of death | England | ||
Original team(s) | West Melbourne[1] | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1903 1904 Total - |
Melbourne Carlton |
3 (1) 3 (0) 6 (1) |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1904 season.
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Albert John Gourlay (31 July 1881 – 1 November 1918) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Born in Emerald Hill, Gourlay played his early football at West Melbourne before entering the VFL. He played just three games for Melbourne, in the 1903 VFL season and at the end of the year crossed to Carlton. Playing as a defender, Gourlay made three appearances with Carlton and experienced all possible results, a win, draw and a loss.[2]
He later emigrated to New Zealand, where he got married and worked as a canvasser in Wellington. In 1917 he signed up to serve his adopted country in the war and traveled to the United Kingdom with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Gourlay fought with the 29th Reinforcements of the Wellington Infantry Regiment, B Company, on the front and suffered serious wounds. He had been taking part in some of the final offensives of the war and his death at a military hospital in England occurred just ten days before the ceasefire.[3]
See also
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- 1881 births
- Melbourne Football Club players
- Carlton Football Club players
- West Melbourne Football Club players
- New Zealand military personnel killed in World War I
- 1918 deaths
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)