George Coulthard

George Coulthard (1856 to 1883) was an Australian cricketer, umpire and Australian rules footballer. Born and raised on a farm outside Melbourne, he helped lead the Carlton Football Club to premiership success in the fledgling Victorian Football Association and was a key member of the Victorian side that dominated the first intercolonial matches. Many contemporaries thought him the greatest player yet seen in the game, he is regarded today as its first bona fide superstar, and he was an inaugural inductee into the Australian Football Hall of Fame. His football career ended in 1882 with a season-long suspension for brawling and bad language. In cricket he represented Victoria in five first-class intercolonial matches, made one Test appearance for Australia in 1882, and as an umpire became the youngest ever Test umpire. He died of tuberculosis in 1883, aged 27.