Trevor Nottle Death – Obituary | Trevor Nottle Has Died

Vale Trevor Nottle It is with great sadness we acknowledge the recent passing of Trevor Nottle after a short illness. Trevor was a tireless servant to football in the Murraylands and the community over most of his life. FOOTBALL HISTORY Trevor was born at Victor Harbor and grew up on the family farm at Inman Valley. He went to school at Meadows and played school footy there. He then played several seasons for Macclesfield. Trevor then moved to nearby Strathalbyn to work where he met his wife to be Janet. He played two seasons for Strath and played in their 1952 ‘A’ Grade Premiership team. The family purchased a 2,000 acre (800 Hectare) mixed farming property 12 km south of Karoonda (in the Kulkawurra District) in 1953. Trevor played for Karoonda from 1954 to 1960. Playing over 100 ‘A’ Grade games. He was also a Life Member of Karoonda Football Club. In 1961 Trevor joined the newly formed United Football Club. It was based at Kulkawurra on 6 acres of land in the southwestern corner of his father’s property. Change rooms and other infrastructure were built by Trevor and other volunteers. Trevor had a long association with the United Football Club. He coached the ‘A’ Grade for 6 seasons and was Captain Coach of the 1963 and 1964 ‘A’ Grade Premiership Teams. Trevor was the ‘A’ Grade captain of United for 7 Seasons. He was the club secretary for 14 years and won 4 ‘A’ Grade Best and Fairest medals. Trevor won the Murray Lands Football League Mail Medal in 1962. (For the League’s Best and Fairest Player). He lost the medal on a count back to Henry Morrell of Perponda (after playing only 8 games for the season due to a knee injury). He was awarded the medal retrospective in 1999 by Crows ruckman Shaun Rehn at a function at Peake 37 years after losing on a countback. He was United’s only Mail Medalist. Trevor Played a lot of his football career with a knee issue (a testament to his toughness, a trait rare in modern day footballers). He was awarded Life Membership of the United Football Club in 1971. Trevor was also a playing member of the 1979 ‘B’ Grade games for United (the Roos). Trevor was a regular Murray Lands Football League representative player in Inter-League games. Trevor played a few (3 or 4) seasons of ‘A’ Grade football with his two sons Michael & David, (unheard of these days). He played until he was 48. Trevor was also very active off the field, being the clubs’ grounds man, maintenance man and caretaker. He never missed a working bee. He just loved his football and his club. IMPERIAL FOOTY CLUB HISTORY In 1988 Trevor sold the family farm at Karoonda and moved to Murray Bridge. With his sons Michael & David playing at Imperials he decided to get involved in the club. Trevor was the League timekeeper for 29 seasons. For over 20 of those seasons, he also was the Reserves timekeeper doing two grades on the same day. His wife Janet worked in the Imps Canteen for 5 years. In 1999 Trevor was awarded a Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Service to the Imperial Football Club. In the year 2000 he was awarded a Certificate of Merit from the River Murray Football League for his services to the league which included being the RMFL Senior Timekeeper for the Lovelock Shield and Interleague matches. In 2001 Trevor received a Recognition Award to Volunteers of Australian Football (In the year of the volunteer). Trevor was given Life Membership of the Imperial Football Club in 2001 for outstanding service to the club. Football was Trevor’s passion; he gave everything he had on and off the oval for more than 70 years and loved every minute of it.