Curly_Linton

Curly Linton

Curly Linton

Australian rules footballer

Albert Charles "Curly" Linton (5 September 1895 – 25 July 1985) was an Anzac veteran and Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

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A brilliant centreman, he was voted "most popular player" at the club for the 1924 season.[2] Linton was a private in the 31st Infantry Battalion, 5th Division AIF and was twice wounded, once during the Battle of Fromelles and again during the fighting at Polygon Wood during the Third Battle of Ypres.[3]

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  1. [1]
    Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 517. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. [2]
    "North Melbourne's Most Popular Player". The Age. No. 21, 687. Victoria, Australia. 4 October 1924. p. 21. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. [3]
    "Albert Charles Linton (728) as a private 31st Infantry Battalion AIF, France 1916-1918, interviewed by Dr Alistair Thomson". www.awm.gov.au. Retrieved 12 November 2018.


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