About: Phil Matson

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Australian rules footballer (1884–1928)

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  • 179.0 (dbd:centimetre)
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  • 1884-10-22 (xsd:date)
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  • 1928-06-13 (xsd:date)
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  • لاعب كرة قدم أسترالي (ar)
  • joueur australien de football australien (fr)
  • imreoir peile Astrálaí (ga)
  • гравець в австралійський футбол (uk)
  • australischer Australian-Football-Spieler (de)
  • Australian rules footballer (1884–1928) (en)
  • Avustralyalı futbolcu (1884 – 1928) (tr)
  • xugador australianu de fútbol australianu (1884–1928) (ast)
  • Australianfootballspeler uit Australië (1884-1928) (nl)
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  • 1.790000 (xsd:double)
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  • right (en)
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  • Sepia colours posed photograph of young man standing with hands on hips, wearing a dark sleeveless jumper, long white shorts and black boots (en)
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  • y (en)
dbp:birthDate
  • 1884-10-22 (xsd:date)
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  • Phil Matson circa 1923 (en)
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  • Player * 1x South Bunbury premiership player * 2x Boulder City premiership player * 3x Subiaco premiership player * 5x East Perth premiership player Coach * 1x Subiaco premiership coach * 7x East Perth premiership coach * 1x Castlemaine Grand Final losing coach Honours * Subiaco "Team of the Century" * East Perth "Team of the Century" * Australian Football Hall of Fame * WAFL Hall of Fame (en)
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  • 1928 (xsd:integer)
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  • 1913 (xsd:integer)
  • 1918 (xsd:integer)
  • 1925 (xsd:integer)
  • 19231926 (xsd:integer)
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  • 1928-06-13 (xsd:date)
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  • 80.0 (dbd:perCent)
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  • Phillip Henry Matson (en)
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  • 1 (xsd:integer)
  • 13 (xsd:integer)
  • 24 (xsd:integer)
  • 35 (xsd:integer)
  • 79 (xsd:integer)
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  • 179.0 (dbd:centimetre)
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  • Phil Matson (en)
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  • Western Australia (en)
  • Biography (en)
  • Modern history (en)
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  • Utility (en)
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  • 0001-06-14 (xsd:gMonthDay)
  • of the outstanding players. The Sturt Club and the South Australian public had (en)
  • which enabled him to extract from those he was handling the best that was (en)
  • find him misplaced. At all times the ball was his objective, not the man. His (en)
  • not only to his club, but to State and carnival teams. In this he was equally as (en)
  • this morning. "League football has been deprived of one whose loss will be (en)
  • footballer who has thrilled the public of our State. No position on the field would (en)
  • "Apart from his qualities on the field, he was an outstanding judge of (en)
  • as if in a vice. His aerial flights were spectacular and thrilling, and being (en)
  • "On his retirement from the playing fields he became celebrated as a coach, (en)
  • GREATEST COACH OF ALL. (en)
  • judgment was uncanny, and once he placed his hand on the ball it was gripped (en)
  • Yeoman Services to Game (en)
  • untimely severance of his connection with the national game in which he (en)
  • confounding to opposing teams. (en)
  • he played in that State. (en)
  • president of the W.A. Football League and of the Australian Football Council, (en)
  • successful as he had been as a player, and in my opinion was the greatest (en)
  • With the players Phil Matson seemed to be a super-coach, having a personality (en)
  • striking the target at the right spot. (en)
  • was such an outstanding personality." (en)
  • coach the Australian game has known, not excepting even the famed Colling- (en)
  • many appreciative opinions of his exceptional ability as a player during the time (en)
  • players, and as a tactician was not surpassed. Over a period of very many (en)
  • another player whom I would place in front of the late Phil Matson as the finest (en)
  • his greatness, and, in conjunction with many, others, I deeply deplore the (en)
  • which he had been associated on the goldfields and in the metropolitan area. (en)
  • fully realise the great loss his death means and the difficult gap thereby created. (en)
  • years Phil Matson had rendered yeoman service as a player to the clubs with (en)
  • within them. His pre-match and half-time addresses were of such a nature that (en)
  • football. With the exception of the late A.J. Thurgood, I cannot recall to mind (en)
  • representative in the carnival games, in which he participated, was always one (en)
  • advice he tendered. Words were never wasted, and he always, succeeded in (en)
  • wood mentor, Jim M'Hale. Players and others associated with the game will (en)
  • possessed of exceptional football brains, the results of his play were often (en)
  • "I exceedingly regret to learn of Phil Matson's death", said Mr. A.A. Moffatt, (en)
  • "The record of successes achieved by him will be a lasting memorial to (en)
  • players and others privileged to hear them became inspired with the sound (en)
  • difficult to replace. Western Australia has had many fine exponents of Australian (en)
  • To his adopted State of Western Australia he gave of his best, and as a (en)
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  • 1914 (xsd:integer)
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  • 4 (xsd:integer)
  • 10 (xsd:integer)
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  • 14 (xsd:integer)
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dbp:sooyears
  • 1909 (xsd:integer)
  • 190819111914 (xsd:decimal)
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  • 1923 (xsd:integer)
dbp:title
  • MR. MOFFAT'S TRIBUTE (en)
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  • 1904 (xsd:integer)
  • 1906 (xsd:integer)
  • 1909 (xsd:integer)
  • 1911 (xsd:integer)
  • 1912 (xsd:integer)
  • 1918 (xsd:integer)
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