Arthur Mitchell Wilson (24 August 1888 – 19 December 1947) DSO was a gynaecologist and obstetrician and an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who played for the University Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was a foundation fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG). (2014
RCOG Roll of Active Service, 1914-1918.
ondon: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. p. 15. The Arthur Wilson Memorial Scholarship was established in 1987 with funds from the Arthur Wilson Memorial Foundation. The Foundation had been created in 1951 after a public appeal was launched to perpetuate the memory of Arthur Wilson, an outstanding gynaecologist and obstetrician. The Foundation raised funds for the Arthur Wilson Memorial Wing (1954) to be built as an extension to the south side of the Royal Society of Victoria's Hall (1859) at 8 La Trobe St, Melbourne to house the Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. His son Mac played league football for Melbourne in the 1940s.

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20091024124232/http://www.ranzcog.edu.au/research/arthurwilson.shtml

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Australian Dictionary of Biography
1888 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) University Football Club players 1947 deaths People educated at Scotch College, Melbourne Australian military personnel of World War I Australian gynaecologists {{AFL-bio-1888-stub