Coaching Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Albert Why
- Born
- Wednesday, 2nd August, 1899
- Died
- Monday, 29th December, 1969 (Aged 70 years and 149 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Brewarrina, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1925, 1926, 1927
- City Cup
- 1924, 1925
Known Family Links
- Brother
- Jack Why
Biography
Additional Notes
Alby Why played under the name Albert Carr / Alby Carr for most of his career after agreeing to play under the name in a third grade game with Mascot in 1921.
He made first grade under the name and decided to keep it. He then went to England and played his career there under the assumed name.
It wasn't until he returned home and he wanted to play under his actual name that the whole story came out.
Coaching Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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Competitions | ||||||||||||||
Competition | Games | W | L | D | Win % | |||||||||
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Country Carnival | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 3 | 48 | 18 | 29 | 1 | 37.50% | List | |||||||
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NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | Games | W | L | D | Win % | ||||||||
Canterbury | NSWRFL 1950 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||||||
Canterbury | NSWRFL 1951 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.33% | List | |||||||
Canterbury | NSWRFL 1952 | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 27.78% | List | |||||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | Games | W | L | D | Win % | ||||||||
Canterbury | 1950-52 | 48 | 18 | 29 | 1 | 37.50% | List |
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin, Tony McCarron, Max Turner
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