John Duckworth (footballer)

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John Duckworth
Personal information
Full name	Arthur John Duckworth
Nickname(s)	Whatsa
Date of birth	(1949-01-19) 19 January 1949 (age 75)
Place of birth	Lake Grace, Western Australia
Original team(s)	Dudinin
Height	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	96 kg (212 lb)
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1970, 1974–76	Fitzroy	58 (24)
1977–78, 1981–83, 1985	West Perth	117 (39)
1979–1980	Central District	42 (56)
Total		217 (119)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
1977–1978	Western Australia	3 (0)
	South Australia	3 (?)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1985.
Career highlights
Magarey Medal 1979 Central District leading goalkicker 1979
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Arthur John Duckworth (born 19 January 1949) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL), West Perth in the West Australian National Football League (WANFL), and Central District in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He is the older brother of former Essendon footballer Billy Duckworth.

Born in Western Australia, Duckworth started his football career in Victoria with Fitzroy. He had been in Melbourne due to National Service training and after approaching Fitzroy found himself recruited for the 1970 season. Duckworth played 11 games that year but did not play again until 1974 as a result of both his military commitments and a stint in Vietnam. His last VFL season was in 1976 and the following year he returned to Western Australia where he joined West Perth. He played 44 games over two years, during this time he represented his state at interstate football.

In 1979 he was picked up by SANFL club Central District and in his debut season won the Magarey Medal, topped the club's goalkicking and played interstate football for his second state. A ruptured kidney at the start of the 1980 season kept him out for most of the year and at the end of the season he decided to return to West Perth to finish his career. He played 42 games for Central District and finished with a total of 120 games for West Perth. John was known as the longest kick seen in VFL and was regularly seen to kick over 80 metres including one at Waverley of over 90 metres. The pack would stand too close to John and then turn and run after the ball.

External links

John Duckworth's playing statistics from AFL Tables
John Duckworth at AustralianFootball.com
Central District profile
Service Record on Nominal Roll of Vietnam Veterans

Magarey Medal winners

1898: Green
1899: Malin
1900: not awarded
1901: Sandland
1902: MacKenzie
1903: Waye
1904: not awarded
1905: MacKenzie
1906: MacKenzie
1907: Mack
1908: Tierney
1909: R. Head
1910: Hosking
1911: Cumberland
1912: Low
1913: Leahy
1914: Ashley
1915: Barry/Hosking/Perry
1916–18: not awarded
1919: Moriarty
1920: Moriarty/Richardson
1921: Adams/Karney/Moriarty/Scott
1922: Barnes
1923: Riley
1924: Scott
1925: Bampton/Lill
1926: McGregor
1927: McGregor
1928: Handby
1929: Snell
1930: Scott
1931: Sexton
1932: Pontifex
1933: Dunn
1934: Johnston
1935: Cockburn
1936: McCallum
1937: Hawke
1938: Quinn
1939: McArthur/Pash
1940: Brock
1941: Boyall
1942–44: not awarded
1945: Quinn
1946: Hank
1947: Hank
1948: R. Phillips
1949: Crabb/R. Phillips
1950: McKay
1951: Marriott
1952: Fitzgerald
1953: Deane
1954: Fitzgerald
1955: L. Head
1956: Boyd
1957: Benton/Deane
1958: L. Head
1959: Fitzgerald
1960: Barbary
1961: Halbert
1962: Eustice
1963: L. Head
1964: Motley
1965: Window
1966: Kneebone
1967: Lindner/Obst
1968: Robran
1969: Phillis
1970: Robran
1971: R. Ebert
1972: Blight
1973: Robran
1974: R. Ebert
1975: Woite
1976: R. Ebert
1977: Trevor Grimwood
1978: Hodgeman
1979: Duckworth
1980: R. Ebert
1981: Aish
1982: McGuinness
1983: Antrobus
1984: Platten
1985: Fielke
1986: Anderson
1987: Jarman
1988: Whittlesea
1989: McAdam
1990: Hodges
1991: Naley
1992: Buckley
1993: B. Phillips
1994: McIntosh
1995: Kilpatrick/McIntosh
1996: Francou
1997: Atkinson/Jarman
1998: Osborn
1999: Squire
2000: Squire
2001: Brown/O'Connor
2002: Sheedy/Weatherald
2003: B. Ebert
2004: P. Thomas
2005: Clayton
2006: Backwell
2007: Allan
2008: Crane
2009: Archard/Ezard
2010: Allan
2011: Allan
2012: Cross/Symes
2013: M. Thomas
2014: Kirkwood
2015: Cross
2016: Kirkwood
2017: Grigg
2018: Grigg
2019: Partington
2020: Combe
2021: Gibbs/Tsitas
2022: Young
2023: Grant
2024: Boyd/Snelling

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.

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