Albert Trim

Australian rules footballer

Albert Trim
Cigarette card of Trim in 1906
Personal information
Full name	Albert Trim
Date of birth	6 October 1875
Place of birth	Beechworth, Victoria
Date of death	11 July 1954(1954-07-11) (aged 78)
Place of death	Subiaco, Western Australia
Original team(s)	Beechworth
Position(s)	Defender
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1898–1901	South Melbourne	065 (0)
1903–04	Carlton	036 (0)
Total		101 (0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1904.
Career highlights
South Melbourne captain: 1901
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Albert Trim^[1] (6 October 1875 – 11 July 1954) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Football

A defender from Beechworth, Trim played in Beechworth's 1897 Ovens & Murray Football League premiership side.^[2]

Trim played in South Melbourne's losing 1899 VFL Grand Final team and captained his club for the 1901 season. He spent his final two league seasons at Carlton and appeared in another losing Grand Final in 1904. During 1899, 1903 and 1904, Trim represented the VFL at interstate football.^[3]

In 1905 he moved to Western Australia and played for South Fremantle. He was elected captain during the season and held the position until the end of 1906.^[4]

Death

He died in Western Australia in July 1954.^[5]

Notes

^ His family name was sometimes given as Trimm.
^ "A dip into the past". Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic). 3 May 1930. p. 71. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
^ Holmesby & Main (2007).
^ Errington, Steve (2013). Southerners Forever More. pp. 22–23.
^ "Family Notices". The West Australian. Vol. 70, no. 21, 208. Perth, Western Australia. 13 July 1954. p. 30.