Arthur Davidson (footballer, born 1912)

Arthur Davidson (30 November 1912 – 14 December 2002) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Arthur Davidson
Personal information
Full name Arthur Davidson
Date of birth (1912-11-30)30 November 1912
Date of death 14 December 2002(2002-12-14) (aged 90)
Original team(s) Sale, Camberwell
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 61 kg (134 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1939 Hawthorn 7 (19)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1939.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Davidson was from Sale originally. Davidson won Sale’s 1933 club best and fairest gold medal award. [2] Davidson won the 1935 Gippsland Football League's best and fairest award, the Trood Award[3] prior to joining his older brother Hec Davidson at Camberwell in 1936.

His statistics at Camberwell FC were - 47 games and 96 goals, (1936-38). Camberwell best and fairest 1938.

Notes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 209. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "1933 Sale FC - AGM". Trove Newspapers. Gippsland Times. 16 March 1933. p. 3. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  3. "1935 - Gippsland's Best & Fairest". Trove Newspapers. The Argus. 22 October 1934. p. 13. Retrieved 12 January 2021.


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