Sampson Hosking
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| Full name | Sampson Hosking | ||
| Nickname(s) | Shine | ||
| Date of birth | 4 January 1888 | ||
| Place of birth | Glanville, South Australia | ||
| Date of death | 20 Oct 1974 (aged 86) | ||
| Place of death | Adelaide, South Australia | ||
| Original team(s) | Semaphore Centrals | ||
| Height / weight | 167 cm [1] | ||
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Sampson 'Shine' Hosking was an Australian rules footballer who played with and coached Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian Football League (SAFL).
Football career
Sampson started his league career in 1907 with Port Adelaide and by the time he retired in 1921 he had played 161 games (he later added two more as coach) and was a dual Magarey Medalist. He won his first award in 1910 and in 1915 was involved in a three way tie but ultimately lost in a count back to Frank Barry. In 1998 however the league awarded those who had lost in this fashion retrospective Medals and thus joined club greats Bob Quinn and Russell Ebert as the only Port Adelaide players to win the award twice. During his playing career Sampson also represented South Australia at interstate football, appearing 10 times in total.
Despite having retired from playing after 1921, in 1936 he became the oldest SANFL player when at the age of 48 he sat on the bench for one game for Port Adelaide.[2] The record of the oldest player still stands as of December 2013 and is a record that is unlikely to be broken.
Coaching career
After retiring from playing, Hosking turned his vast football experience to coaching. He coached West Adelaide to the 1922 SANFL Grand Final where The Bloods lost to Norwood 9.7 (61) to 2.16 (28) in front of 31,000 at the Adelaide Oval. In 1927 he became coach of Port Adelaide and guided the club to three premierships. He also coached West Torrens to a premiership in 1933 and the short lived merged Port Adelaide-West Torrens Football Club to a premiership during World War II.
Accolades
Sampson "Shine" Hosking was one of the 113 inaugural inductees into the South Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2002.[3]
References
- ^ "Three Years' Football Under False Name". News. Vol. 47, , no. 7, 171. South Australia. 27 July 1946. p. 5. Retrieved 15 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ Atkinson, p. 61.
- ^ SA Football HoF - Sampson (Shine) Hosking
Sources
- Atkinson, G. (1982) Everything you ever wanted to know about Australian rules football but couldn't be bothered asking, The Five Mile Press: Melbourne. ISBN 0 86788 009 0.
External links
- Sampson Hosking at AustralianFootball.com