Angus Thomas 'Horrie' Mason (30 April 1903 – 23 August 1975) was 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 with St Kilda in the

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(VFL) during the 1920s. Originally from

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where he had been a premiership player with

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, Mason debuted for St Kilda in the

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. He was a wingman but towards the end of his career was used as a ruckman. In

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Mason tied with

Harold Matthews Harold Turner Matthews (7 December 1902 – 29 August 1986) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the VFL. A defender, Matthews was the joint winner of the St Kilda Best Player award in 1926 and won it again the fo ...

for St Kilda's Best Player award and represented Victoria at interstate football for the first of six times. After leaving St Kilda Mason played with

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in the

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(VFA), which had just finished in last place in the VFA, as captain-coach. His arrival sparked the emergence of the Tricolours as a VFA force for the first time, but a runner-up spot to Yarraville in 1935 was the closest they could get to a flag. Mason was playing coach of Camberwell 1932 and 1933. Mason was appointed as coach of the

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in 1934, but resigned after eight games. Mason then returned to Camberwell and took over as captain–coach of Camberwell for the remainder of 1934 and also stayed on as coach in 1935–36. Camberwell's longest-serving coach. He was later named coach of the Camberwell Team of the Century. Mason later served in the Royal Australian Navy during World War II.

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* * 1903 births 1975 deaths Australian rules footballers from Tasmania St Kilda Football Club players North Hobart Football Club players Camberwell Football Club players Camberwell Football Club coaches Kyneton Football Club players Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame inductees {{AFL-bio-1903-stub