Personal Life
Thurgood married Ida Alma Mary Thomas at Fairfield on 26 April 1899.
He was a better than average cricketer and golfer. After his retirement from football Thurgood became active in horse-racing, for some years as a bookmaker and subsequently as an owner. He ran a number of successful horses, including Amazonia which won the Bagot Handicap in 1921 and was placed third in the Melbourne Cup that year.
Thurgood died in 1927 as the result of a car accident and was buried with Anglican rites in Brighton Cemetery. His wife and two daughters survived him.
In 1996 Thurgood was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame. He was named in the Essendon Team of the Century which was selected in their VFL/AFL centenary year of 1997. In 2004 he was inducted into the WA Football Hall of Fame.
He is also a relative of former Hawthorn player Josh Thurgood. Albert is Josh's Great, Great Uncle.
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