Terry Ingersoll
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Terry Ingersoll is a former Australian rules football
er who played with Hawthorn
in the Victorian Football League
(VFL).
, 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.
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
. By the end of the season he had kicked 33 goals, topping Hawthorn's goal-kicking and winning their "Best First Year Player" award. 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.
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
er who played with Hawthorn
Hawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
in the Victorian Football League
Australian Football League
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(VFL).
Career
Ingersoll, a full-forwardFull-forward
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, had a prolific season for Western Suburbs
Western Suburbs Magpies AFC
Western Suburbs Australian Football Club is an Australian rules football club competing in the Sydney AFL league. The club is based in the inner west of Sydney, New South Wales, and its senior teams played their home games at Henson Park in 2009 and 2010 but will return to their spiritual home of...
in 1956, breaking the NSW Australian Football Association
Sydney AFL
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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.
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
Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...
at Princes Park
Princes Park
Princes Park may refer to:* Princes Park, Carlton, a park in Carlton, Melbourne, Australia** Princes Park , now officially known as Visy Park a suburban Australian rules football and cricket ground located within the park* Princes Park, Liverpool, a park, and a local government ward, in...
. By the end of the season he had kicked 33 goals, topping Hawthorn's goal-kicking and winning their "Best First Year Player" award. 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.