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Key Facts

Full name
Vincent Arthur

Known as
Vin Arthur

Born
23 March 1905

Died
6 November 1970 (aged 65)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 21y 39d
Last game: 28y 44d

Height and weight
Height: 179 cm
Weight: 72 kg

Senior clubs
St. Kilda; Carlton

Jumper numbers
St. Kilda: 20, 30
Carlton: 30

Recruited from
St. Kilda (1927)

Vin Arthur

Advanced stats
Club
League
Career span
Games
Goals
Avg
Win %
AKI
AHB
AMK
BV
St. KildaV/AFL1926-19271650.3131%———0
CarltonV/AFL1927-1928, 1930-193364270.4269%16.18—3.361
V/AFL1926-1928, 1930-193380320.4061%16.18—3.361
Total1926-1928, 1930-193380320.4061%16.18—3.361

Pre 1965 stats are for selected matches only

AFL: 3,114th player to appear, 3,043rd most games played, 2,866th most goals kickedSt. Kilda: 585th player to appear, 667th most games played, 595th most goals kickedCarlton: 440th player to appear, 280th most games played, 255th most goals kicked

St Kilda let a good man go in Vin Arthur. Since he has been with Carlton he has given consistently good service. On Saturday he capped off a number of meritorious performances by excelling against Melbourne. Arthur’s strength enabled him to play a robust game, but in the clean, open work he was equally effective with sharp dashes, clever pick-up from the ground, and good kicks to position.¹

Vin Arthur was a pacy, tenacious wingman and occasional centreman recruited by St Kilda from Richmond District in 1925. He went on to play 16 VFL games and score five goals for the Saints in 1926 and the early part of the 1927 season, whereupon he transferred to Carlton. He would prove to be a decent acquisition for the Blues, playing 64 games and kicking 27 goals in 1927-8 and from 1930 to 1933.

Arthur spent the 1929 season playing for South Bendigo. A highly influential player when at his best, he liked to run forward and kick a goal. However, he was also prone to bouts of inconsistency. At the age of 28 he appears, for reasons which are unclear, to have retired completely from all his multifarious sporting pursuits, including football..

Author - John Devaney

Footnotes

1. “Sporting Globe”, 24/6/41, page 8. Thanks to a strong last quarter Carlton pulled away to overcome Melbourne by 27 points, 19.10 to 14.13.

Sources

Crème de la Crème

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.