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Bud Adamson
Personal information
Full name David Hastie Adamson
Date of birth 14 June 1874
Place of birth Carlton, Victoria[1]
Date of death 10 October 1914(1914-10-10) (aged 40)
Place of death Beverley, Western Australia
Original team(s) Napier Imperials, Traralgon
Debut Round 1, 1897, South Melbourne vs. Melbourne, at Lake Oval
Position(s) Follower / Defender
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1897–1903 South Melbourne 90 (11)
1907–1909 Albury
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1903.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

David Hastie "Bud" Adamson (14 June 1874 – 10 October 1914) was an Australian rules footballer who played for South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Family

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Adamson was the second son of David Adamson (of the Victorian Railways). His older brother John Henry Adamson (1873–1937) also played for South Melbourne in both the VFA and VFL.

On 23 December 1898 he married Frances (Fanny) O'Donnell at Carlton, Victoria, who died on 21 February 1899 at Kensington, Victoria.[3][4]

Football

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Originally from Napier Imperial, the South Melbourne junior side in the Victorian Junior Football Association and played in their 1893 premiership side.[5] Adamson then spent 1894, 1895 and 1896, working in Traralgon with the Bank of Australasia and playing with Traralgon and was their club captain in 1895 and 1896.[6]

Adamson played one game for South Melbourne's VFA side in 1895 and acquitted himself quite well.[7]

Adamson was then transferred back to Melbourne with his work with the Bank of Australasia in late 1896[8] and was given a Valedictory by his Traralgon football and cricket teammates and colleagues prior to his departure.[9]

Adamson was a follower and made his VFL debut with South Melbourne in the first round of their inaugural VFL season, 1897, alongside his older brother, Jack[10] who played 3 games for South Melbourne in 1897 and 1898.[11]

Dave captained South Melbourne in 1899 and led the club all the way to the 1899 VFL Grand Final, where he played fullback in a narrow one point loss to Fitzroy.

Unsure what club Adamson played his football at between 1904 and 1906.

Adamson transferred to Albury, NSW with his work with the Bank of Australasia, the precursor to the ANZ Bank in 1907 and commenced playing with Albury. In 1908 he captained Albury to its first premiership in the Ovens & Murray Football League.[12][13]

In early 1914 Adamson transferred from Tallangatta, Victoria to Western Australia with the Bank of Australasia.[14] He was found dead in bed at the bank's Beverley branch on 10 October 1914, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his temple. He suffered from depression.[15][16][17][18]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Family Notices". The Argus. No. 8, 740. Victoria, Australia. 18 June 1874. p. 1.
  2. ^ Rover (23 August 1902). "Football". Record. Emerald Hill, Vic. p. 3. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Marriages". The Argus. Melbourne. 7 January 1899. p. 1. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Deaths". The Age. Melbourne. 22 February 1899. p. 1. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  5. ^ "1893 - Football: Premiership Struggle". The Herald. 14 October 1893. p. 1. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via Trove Newspapers.
  6. ^ "1896 - Football". Traralgon Record. Traralgon, Vic. 1 May 1896. p. 3. Retrieved 28 January 2021 – via Trove Newspapers.
  7. ^ "1895 - No Title". The Gippsland Farmers Journal. 13 August 1895. p. 2. Retrieved 28 January 2021 – via Trove Newspapers.
  8. ^ "1896 - Items of News". Traralgon Record. Traralgon, Vic. 30 June 1896. p. 2. Retrieved 28 January 2021 – via Trove Newspapers.
  9. ^ "1896 - Validictory". Traralgon Record. Traralgon, Vic. 3 July 1896. p. 3. Retrieved 28 January 2021 – via Trove Newspapers.
  10. ^ "1897 - Football". Record. 15 May 1897. p. 3. Retrieved 28 January 2021 – via Trove Newspapers.
  11. ^ Pennings, Mark (2014). "A Golden Era Begins: Football in 'Marvellous Melbourne', 1877 to 1885". Origins of Australian Football: Victoria's Early History (PDF). New Farm, Queensland: Grumpy Monks Publishing. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-646-91865-5. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  12. ^ Rover (5 September 1908). "Football". Record. Emerald Hill, Vic. p. 3. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  13. ^ "1908 - O&M Premiership won by Albury". Wodonga and Towong Sentinel. Vic. 4 September 1908. p. 4. Retrieved 28 January 2021 – via Trove Newspapers.
  14. ^ "1914 - Personal". The Argus. 3 January 1914. p. 15. Retrieved 28 January 2021 – via Trove Newspapers.
  15. ^ "Suicide At Beverley". Eastern Districts Chronicle. York, WA. 16 October 1914. p. 5. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  16. ^ "Obituary Notices". Upper Murray and Mitta Herald. Victoria. 15 October 1914. p. 3. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  17. ^ "Countryman's Column". Sunday Times. Perth. 25 October 1914. p. 28. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  18. ^ "Local and General". The Yackandandah Times. 22 October 1914. p. 2. Retrieved 8 August 2016.

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