Background
He was born in Beechworth and educated at Tungamah High School.
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Albert Chadwick
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He was discharged on 6 July 1945 in the rank of wing commander, having held the acting rank of group captain while serving as the Royal Australian Air Force"s Director of Recruiting, a position which he held from 1942. A tough centre half-back who ran hard and straight, he played the majority of his career with Melbourne Football Club and one season for Hawthorn Football Club. In 1995, Chadwick was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
Chadwick was Chairman of the Gas and Fuel Corporation of Victoria, the Melbourne Cricket Club president from 1965–1979, and the Melbourne Football Club president from 1950–1962.
Despite coaching Melbourne"s second premiership back in 1926, he was their last surviving premiership coach.
Achievements
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During World World War II, Chadwick served in the Royal Australian Air Force and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in 1919. He was runner-up to Edward "Carji" Greeves in the inaugural Brownlow Medal in 1924. Highly successful in business, he was appointed a Companion in the Order of Street Michael and Street George in 1967, and knighted in 1974.
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Born
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Nationality
Australian
Awards
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Order of Street Michael and Street George; Brownlow Medal; Meritorious Service Medal
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later King George IV, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, King George III.The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later King George IV, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, King George III.