James Alfred Thurgood (21 June 1876 – 31 July 1946) 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
Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
*Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
*Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League
United King ...
in the
Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family
The son of James Thurgood (1841-1923), and Elizabeth Thurgood (1844-1894), née Weir, James Alfred Thurgood was born in
Hotham, now known as North Melbourne, Victoria on 21 June 1876.
He was the cousin of Essendon great
Albert Thurgood.
He married Ethel Dalkin (1876-1959) on 16 April 1908.
Football
He made his debut for Essendon in the match against
Fitzroy on 29 May 1897. He scored two goals, one of which "
asa magnificent long angled shot, which fairly staggered the spectators". His cousin,
Albert Thurgood, who also played for Essendon, was described as the “first icon of football”.
Death
He died at
Malvern, Victoria
Malvern () is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, 8 km south-east of Melbourne's Melbourne city centre, Central Business District, located within the City of Stonnington Local government areas of Victoria, loca ...
on 31 July 1946.
Deaths: Thurgood, ''The Argus'', (Thursday, 1 August 1946), p.15.
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Notes
References
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* Maplestone, M., ''Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996'', Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996.
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1876 births
1946 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Essendon Football Club players
People from North Melbourne
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