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Reg Trigg
Personal information
Full name Reginald Percival Trigg
Date of birth (1916-07-12)12 July 1916
Place of birth Geelong, Victoria
Date of death 22 April 2002(2002-04-22) (aged 85)
Original team(s) Parkside
Height 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1937–38 Fitzroy 4 (8)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1938.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Reginald Percival Trigg (12 July 1916 – 22 April 2002) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Football

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Trigg made his senior debut for Fitzroy late in the 1937 season, scoring three goals in a game against South Melbourne[2] and then scoring again against Essendon in the next round.[3]

He played two further senior games for Fitzroy early in the 1938 season before being cleared to VFA side Northcote in the middle of the year.

World War II

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Trigg served in the Australian Army during World War II.[4] After a year of service he was placed in the Army Reserve for medical reasons.

Notes

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  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 893. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "CRIPPLED SOUTH". The Age. No. 25, 682. Victoria, Australia. 9 August 1937. p. 16.
  3. ^ "STRONG FINISH". The Argus. No. 28, 394. Victoria, Australia. 23 August 1937. p. 14.
  4. ^ "World War II Roll: TRIGG, Reginald Percival". Department of Veterans Affairs.
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