Australian rules footballer
| Walter Scott | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Date of birth | (1899-09-02)2 September 1899 | ||
| Date of death | 27 July 1989(1989-07-27) (aged 89) | ||
| Original team(s) | Stirling | ||
| Position(s) | Centre half-back | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1920–1932 | Norwood | 174 (3) | |
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| South Australia | 38 | ||
| Coaching career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 1926–1930, 1932 | Norwood | 109 (65–42–2) | |
| 1933–1935 | West Adelaide | 51 (13–37–1) | |
| 1936–1937 | Glenelg | 34 (7–26–1) | |
| 1938–1939 | Sturt | 34 (11–23–0) | |
| Playing statistics correct to the end of 1932. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Source: AustralianFootball.com | |||
Walter "Wacka" or "Wat" Scott (2 September 1899 – 27 July 1989) was an Australian rules footballer who represented Norwood in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) during the early 20th century. Scott was a high marking defender who had a large influence during a very successful part of the Norwood Football Club's history.
Early life
Scott was born in Stirling, South Australia and played his early football with an inflated pig's bladder at school. He took his first job at the age of 13 as an apprentice electrician with the company Morrison and Gwynne. The three senior partners, J. Morrison, G. C. Gwynne and Algie Millhouse, all played for Norwood, and Millhouse had captained the club in 1914. Scott lived in the city during this time, but returned home during the weekends, during which he played for Stirling in the Hills Association until 1919.
Football career
His high marking and sound defensive skills immediately drew praise and in his first season he won his new club's best and fairest award.
In his second season, he tied with Dan Moriarty of South Adelaide for the 1921 Magarey Medal. Under the rules that applied at that time, the Leagues umpires were called to deliberate and in the event chose to award the medal to Moriarty. Scott went on to win two Magarey Medals outright in 1924 and 1930. In 1998 the SANFL retrospectively awarded medals to all players who had tied for the medal but lost on a "countback" or by such adjudication. Thus some 76 years after the event (and posthumously) he acquired his third medal.
In 1922 Norwood won the premiership, the first for Scott. He played in three more premierships with Norwood, including as captain-coach of the 1929 team. He won Norwood's best and fairest award a record six times.
The pinnacle of Scott's playing career occurred in 1930 when he not only won the Magarey Medal, but also captained the South Australian side in that year's interstate carnival. Scott played 38 consecutive matches for his State, an Australian record that stands to this day. He also coached the State side four times.
Sadly he injured his knee severely in the last round match of the 1930 season against Port Adelaide, and he never reached such heights again as a player. He retired as a player in 1932.
Scott coached at four clubs altogether, his beloved Norwood, West Adelaide, Glenelg and Sturt over a total of 12 seasons.
Scott was named at centre half-back in Norwood's Team of the Century.
Scott was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996 and into the SANFL Hall of Fame in its first year in 2002.
See also
References
- ^ Whimpress, Bernard. "Magarey medallists at Norwood". Retrieved 12 September 2012.
- "Norwood Team of the Century". Retrieved 12 September 2012.
Bibliography
- Ross, John (1999). The Australian Football Hall of Fame. Australia: HarperCollinsPublishers. p. 119. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X.
External links
- Walter Scott at AustralianFootball.com
- SANFL Hall of Fame
- Australian Football Hall of Fame
| Magarey Medal winners | |
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| The Magarey Medal has been awarded since 1898 to the "best and most brilliant" player in the South Australian National Football League and its various incarnations. |
| Norwood Football Club • Team of the Century | |
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| Full-forward | |
| Half-forward | |
| Centre | |
| Half-back | |
| Full-back | |
| Ruck | |
| Interchange | |
| Coaches of the Norwood Football Club | |
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| Coaches of the Glenelg Football Club | |
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| Coaches of the Sturt Football Club | |
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| South Australian team – 1921 Interstate matches | |
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| South Australia 7.10 (52) def by. Victoria 9.12 (66), at Jubilee Oval, 29 April 1921 Western Australia 12.13 (75) def South Australia 9.11 (65), at Perth Oval, 13 August 1921 South Australia (43) def by. Victoria (78), at Fremantle Oval, 7 August 1921 | |
| Vic in SA (29 April) | |
| 1921 Interstate Carnival squad | |
| Managers: C.V. Tyler (Port Adelaide) | |
| South Australian squad – 1925 Interstate Matches | |
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| South Australia 8.9 (57) defeated Western Australia 7.12 (54), at Subiaco Oval, 21 June 1925 South Australia 11.11 (77) defeated Victoria 11.8 (74), at Adelaide Oval, 4 July 1925 | |
| South Australian squad – 1927 Interstate Carnival | |
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| Western Australia 12.15 (87) defeated South Australia 9.18 (72) Victoria 21.19 (145) defeated South Australia 14.12 (96) | |
- 1899 births
- 1989 deaths
- Australian rules footballers from South Australia
- Norwood Football Club players
- Norwood Football Club coaches
- Glenelg Football Club coaches
- Sturt Football Club coaches
- West Adelaide Football Club coaches
- Magarey Medal winners
- South Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees
- Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees