George Johnston

Career : 1897
Debut and only game : Inception Blue - Round 1, 1897 vs Fitzroy
Carlton Player No. 13
Goals : Nil
Height : ?
Weight :  ?
DOB : 12th February 1877 (Sandridge, Victoria)
DOD: 11th August 1945 (Hobart, Tasmania

George Henry ‘Cheerful’ Johnston, played just one match for the Blues, as one of the 20 special young men who represented us in our debut VFL match against Fitzroy in May, 1897. That same month Johnston was to go back to Albert Park. Johnston went on to play with the newly formed Prahran Football Club in 1899 as their first captain. He later became a life member of both Prahan and also the Victorian Football Association.

He enlisted in the First AIF in November 1915. He served overseas, and was wounded in action twice: in [1], and in [2].

Links

Blueseum: Summary of playing statistics for George Johnston
War 1 Enlisting

Gallery

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  George Johnston 1899 - Prahran Football Club"Johnston went from Albert Park to Carlton in 1897. Then cleared back to Albert Park that same year. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/241129105 Then no information about 1898. Prahran Football Club formed in 1899 George Johnston (from Albert Park https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/165218844) appointed captain of team ahead of other players with Association and VFL experience (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/241854091).