Three time South Sydney premiership winner in 1925, 1926 and 1927. Who also won the City Cup in 1924, but missing the 1925 City Cup final through injury. Albert Why enlisted right at the end of the Great War in October 1918 a month before peace was declared in November. He Played under an alias Albert Carr between 1921 and 1928). Alby Why tells the story: "I commenced my footballing days at Wellington(NSW) in 1917. In 1921 he was at Redfern Oval and was asked to play third grade for the Mascot team as 'A.Carr'. Alby Why candidly admitted in 1929 upon his return from England that he was Alby Carr, while he was registering to play as Albert Why. In 1927 scenes of players and fans circle departing players Alby Carr and Sid Harris after the hatrick of premiership wins as they sing. These scenes gave rise to South Sydney being called the "Pride of the League".
Why a loose forward, would work to create openings or join in movements making a extra man. Seldom scoring a try him self he regularly set the play for his faster outside men.
Player Relatives
Brother - Why, Jack
Brother - Why, Oliver
Playing - Height / Weight
5ft 11in / 11st 9lb
Representative Qualification
Indigenous
NSW Country
Date of Birth
Brewarrina, NSW - 12th August 1899 (Died - 1969)
South Sydney Junior Club
Mascot
Previous Clubs First Grade
M T G FG Pt
Wellington (NSW) (1917-20)
Military Service (1918-19) AIF Reserves
Mascot 3G (1921)
Newtown (1922) 10 3 - - 9
City Houses League (1923)
Huddersfield (1927-28)
Yanco/Leeton (1929)
Playing Career at South Sydney (1924-27,29-31)
South Sydney First Grade Debut
1924 Rd06 v Eastern Suburbs (24y 328d)
First Grade
Premiership : City Cup : Aust Championship : Tour
M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
1924 5 5 - 1 - - 3 : 6 6 - 4 - - 12 : : - - - - - - -
1925 11 11 - 3 - - 9 : 1 1 - - - - - : 1 1 - - - - - : - - - - - - -
1926 18 18 - 8 - - 24 : : : 1 1 - 1 - - 3
1927 17 17 - 8 - - 24 : : : 2 2 - 2 - - 6
1929 - - - - - - - : : : 1 1 - - - - -
1930 10 10 - 5 - - 15 : : : 3 3 - - - - -
1931 - - - - - - -
TOTAL 61 61 - 25 - - 75 : 7 7 - 4 - - 12 : 1 1 - - - - - : 7 7 - 3 - - 9
SS Cup 8 8 - 4 - - 12
SS FG 76 76 - 32 - - 96
Captaincy Record at South Sydney
South Sydney First Grade Captaincy Debut
1927 Rd12 v Glebe
First Grade
Year Premiership( W- D-L %) : Other( W- D-L %)
1927 3( 2- 0-1 67%) :
TOTAL 3( 2- 0-1 67%) :
SS FG 3( 2- 0-1 67%)
Suspension Record at South Sydney
Year Grade v Wk CHARGE never
Representative Honours at South Sydney
Domestic CvC / Interstate : Tourists : Other
M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts : M S R T G/A FG Pts
Probables RG 1924 : : 1 1 - 1 - - 3
New South Wales 1924-25 1 1 - - - - - : 1 1 - - - - - : 3 3 - 2 - - 6
Possibles 1925 : : 1 1 - - - - -
Sydney Metropolis 1926-27 1 1 - 2 - - 6 : : 1 1 - - - - -
Sydney Metropolis II 1927 : : 1 1 - - - - -
New South Wales II 1927 : : 1 1 - - - - -
TOTAL 11 11 - 5 - - 15
International
none
TOTAL - - - - - - -
ALL REPS 11 11 - 5 - - 15
Captaincy CvC/Interstate/Internationals : Tourists : Other
M( W- D-L %) : M( W- D-L %) : M( W- D-L %)
Sydney Metropolis II 1927 : : 1( 1- 0-0 100%)
Sydney Metropolis 1927 1( 1- 0-0 100%) : :
New South Wales II 1927 : : 1( 0- 1-0 0%)
TOTAL 3( 2- 1-0 67%)
Year Pos Team Versus Match T G/A FG
1924 Fwd Probables RG v Possibles RG 1 - -
1924 Lock New South Wales v Cnrtl-Nthrn NSW Qld Tour 1 - -
1924 Lock New South Wales v Ipswich Qld Tour 1 - -
1924 SRow New South Wales v Queensland 3rd Match - - -
1924 Cntr New South Wales v Toowoomba Qld Tour - - -
1925 Lock Possibles v Probables - - -
1925 Res New South Wales v New Zealand 2nd Match (Selected but DNP)
1925 Fwd New South Wales v New Zealand 3rd Match - - -
1926 Lock Sydney Metropolis v Newcastle - - -
1927 Lock Sydney Metropolis II v NSW Country II - - - (c) W
1927 Lock Sydney Metropolis v NSW Country 2nd Match 2 - - (c) W
1927 Lock New South Wales II v Queensland - - - (c) D
After Leaving South Sydney
After leaving South Sydney Albert Why would go on to coach Canterbury between 1950-52.
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