Albert “Ricketty” Victor Johnston

HERITAGE No: 186

BIRTH: 10 May 1891

Balmain, NSW

DEATH: 15 May 1961 Carlton, NSW

DEATH: 15 May 1961

Carlton, NSW

OCCUPATION: Boilermaker

RESIDENCE: River St Balmain, NSW, 1913

GAME HISTORY

Balmain RU 1911
Balmain RL First Grade 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917
Metropolis RL 1913, 1914, 1915, 1920
NSW RL Firsts 1913, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923
NSW RL Seconds 1921
Australia RL 1919, 1920, 1921
Australasia RL 1922
Brisbane RL, Queensland 1917
Wests RL First Grade 1918
Wests RL City Cup 1917, 1918
Newtown RL First Grade 1919, 1920
St George RL First Grade 1921, 1922
Newtown RL Coach 1923, 1925, 1926
Wests RL Coach 1924
St George RL Coach 1933, 1934, 1935
NSW RL Coach 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946
Australia RL 1946

Albert

Albert Johnston was born and grew up in Balmain, NSW. He played rugby union with the Balmain Rugby Union Club in 1911.

He made an immediate impact in the union code, and was selected to play in a Metropolitan team in the same year. However, towards the end of the 1911 season Albert switched across to the Balmain Rugby League team.

Albert made his debut in First Grade in round eleven and played the last four rounds of the competition in First Grade. Balmain took out the wooden spoon in 1911. The team had only one win up to the point when Albert played. Balmain won two of its final four matches with Albert Johnston at halfback.