Terry Ingersoll

Australian rules footballer (1934–2020)

Australian rules footballer

Terry Ingersoll
Personal information
Full name	Terence John Ingersoll
Date of birth	(1934-08-18)18 August 1934
Date of death	29 September 2020(2020-09-29) (aged 86)
Original team(s)	Western Suburbs
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	88 kg (194 lb)
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1957–1958	Hawthorn	17 (36)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1958.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Terence John Ingersoll (18 August 1934 – 29 September 2020) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Career

Ingersoll, a full-forward, had a prolific season for Western Suburbs in 1956, breaking the NSW Australian Football Association record for most goals in a year. He kicked 101 goals in the home and away season, which included 15 and 17 goal hauls in successive weeks, against Balmain and St George respectively.^[2]^[3]

He wrote his name into the record books again at Hawthorn, when he kicked a club record five goals on debut, in the opening round of the season, against Carlton at Princes Park.^[4] By the end of the season he had kicked 33 goals, topping Hawthorn's goal-kicking and winning their "Best First Year Player" award.^[5]^[6] He struggled for form in 1958 and was confined to the reserves for much of the year, before a family illness caused him to return to Sydney.^[7]

References

^ "VALE TERRY INGERSOLL". Retrieved 6 May 2021.
^ Sydney Morning Herald,"Rules Man Equals A Record", 15 August 1956, p. 7
^ Sydney Morning Herald,"Rules Man Kicks 17 Goals", 7 August 1955, p. 26
^ "AFL Tables: Terry Ingersoll". afltables.com.
^ Lovett, Michael (2004). AFL 2004 – The Official Statistical History Of The AFL. AFL Publishing. ISBN 0-9580300-5-7.
^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
^ The Age,"Howells in Doubt for First Game", 4 March 1959, p. 1