John Wald

John Wald
John Wald
Personal information
Date of birth	10 July 1851
Place of birth	Stromness, Scotland
Date of death	17 April 1871 (aged 19)
Place of death	Norwood, South Australia
Career highlights
	Port Adelaide inaugural captain (1870); Port Adelaide leading goal-kicker (1870;

John Wald was an Australian footballer who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club.^[2] Born in Scotland he was brought to Australia by his parents. His father John Firth Wald ran a jewelry and watchmaking business in Adelaide. John Wald captained the club during its first ever game on 24 May 1870 played at Buck's Flat, part of John Hart's Glanville Estate, against the 'Young Australians' with the game ending in a draw^[3].

References

^ "Family Notices". The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 19 April 1871. p. 2. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
^ "TOPICS OF THE DAY". The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 4 October 1870. p. 2. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
^ http://australianfootball.com/clubs/bio/Port+Adelaide/9

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[1] "Family Notices". The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 19 April 1871. p. 2. Retrieved 29 June 2014.

[2] "TOPICS OF THE DAY". The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 4 October 1870. p. 2. Retrieved 29 June 2014.

[3] ttp://australianfootball.com/clubs/bio/Port+Adelaide/9

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