Reg Trigg
| Reg Trigg | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Reginald Percival Trigg | ||
| Date of birth | 12 July 1916 | ||
| Place of birth | Geelong, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 22 April 2002 (aged 85) | ||
| Original team(s) | Parkside | ||
| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1937–38 | Fitzroy | 4 (8) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1938. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Reginald Percival Trigg (12 July 1916 – 22 April 2002) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Football[edit]
Trigg made his senior debut for Fitzroy late in the 1937 season, scoring three goals in a game against South Melbourne[2] and then scoring again against Essendon in the next round.[3]
He played two further senior games for Fitzroy early in the 1938 season before being cleared to VFA side Northcote in the middle of the year.
World War II[edit]
Trigg served in the Australian Army during World War II.[4] After a year of service he was placed in the Army Reserve for medical reasons.
Notes[edit]
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 893. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ "CRIPPLED SOUTH". The Age. No. 25, 682. Victoria, Australia. 9 August 1937. p. 16.
- ^ "STRONG FINISH". The Argus. No. 28, 394. Victoria, Australia. 23 August 1937. p. 14.
- ^ "World War II Roll: TRIGG, Reginald Percival". Department of Veterans Affairs.
External links[edit]
- Reg Trigg at AustralianFootball.com
- Reg Trigg's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Reg Trigg's playing statistics from The VFA Project
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