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George Coulthard (1 August 1856 in Boroondara, Victoria – 22 October 1883 in Carlton, Victoria) was a star Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton. He was also a notable cricketer who played for the Melbourne Cricket Club and briefly for Australia. As a cricketer he played only six first-class matches, five for Victoria and a Test match for Australia. Coulthard played in the first match between Victoria and South Australia, taking 3 wickets for 29. He was also a prominent umpire of the time, standing in two Tests, and played an integral role in the Sydney Riot of 1879. Off the field, Coulthard was a shopkeeper. He died at Lygon Street in 1883, at the age of 27 years, of tuberculosis after an illness of 16 months. He was married with a baby daughter. ==Football career== Coulthard commenced playing with the Carlton club in 1876. He was a crucial member of the Carlton team that won the premiership in the inaugural Victorian Football Association (VFA) season in 1877. During a short seven-season career he became one of the Association's outstanding players. He was said to have speed, grace and near-perfect balance. 'He is the grandest player of the day. It is doubtful if, for general excellence, his equal has ever been seen.' said ''The Australasian'' newspaper of the day. In his retrospective list, football historian C. C. Mullins considered Coulthard to be the Champion of the Colony in 1876, 1877 and 1879.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Australian Football League (Australia) )〕 On 1 July 1880 Coulthard was the umpire for an inter-colonial match between Melbourne and the Norwood Football Club from South Australia. He chose to wear all white and is thus football's first "man in white" (the traditional colour of umpires attire in Australian rules football). Coulthard was vice-captain of Carlton in 1882 when events conspired to finish his career. He clashed with Joey Tankard of Hotham, and both men were suspended for four matches. When they next played they came to blows again, causing the crowd to invade the field, and causing a ten-minute delay of the match. The VFA suspended both men for the remainder of the season, but Tankard's suspension was lifted after three matches. It was to be his last game for Carlton. In 1990 Coulthard was inducted to the Carlton Football Club Hall of Fame and in 1996 Coulthard was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Coulthard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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