Albert Johnston (rugby league)
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Full name | Albert Victor Johnston | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 10 May 1891 Balmain, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 15 May 1961 Carlton, New South Wales, Australia | (aged 70)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Albert "Ricketty" Johnston (1891–1961) was a pioneering Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s and 1920s, and coached from the 1920s to the 1940s. He was a three-quarter for the Australian national team, and played in eight tests between 1919 and 1922, two as captain.[1]
Playing career
Club career
He was born and grew up in
He joined
Following his Australian representative appearances in 1920 the admission of the
Representative career
In 1912 he was selected in a Sydney Metropolis side. In 1913 he was in a
He captained New South Wales in some 1918 games and then made his Australian Test debut in 1919 on Australia's tour of New Zealand. He scored a try on debut assisting Australia to a 44–21 victory. With tour captain Halloway unfit for the 3rd[3] Test Johnston led the side to a series victory in Auckland in the process becoming Australia's 11th Kangaroo captain.
In 1920 Johnston was chosen for the first Test of the domestic
Johnston did not captain Australia again. He appeared for New South Wales through till 1922 and toured with the 1921-22 Kangaroos playing in the 1st Test and in 11 tour matches.[3]
Coaching career
Johnston coached Newtown in 1923, 1925 and 1926 and Wests in 1924.[3]
He coached
Accolades
He was awarded Life Membership of the New South Wales Rugby League in 1938.[4]
He was a state selector from 1938 and
References
- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". Rugby League Project. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Statistics at Yesterday's Hero (archived)". Yesterday's Hero. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 31 August 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Whiticker pp. 59–61
- ^ Referee, Sydney. 15 December 1938. (page 23)
- ^ The Courier Mail, Brisbane. "Ricketty Johnson to coach Australian Team." 5 April 1946.
Sources & Footnotes
- Whiticker, Alan (2004) Captaining the Kangaroos, New Holland, Sydney