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Charlie Pierce (footballer)
Charles Thomas Pierce (3 February 1917 – 30 August 2007) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn Hawthorn or Hawthorns may refer to: Plants * '' Crataegus'' (hawthorn), a large genus of shrubs and trees in the family Rosaceae * ''Rhaphiolepis'' (hawthorn), a genus of about 15 species of evergreen shrubs and small trees in the family Rosace ... and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). 1937 Best First-Year Players In September 1937, ''The Argus'' selected Pierce in its team of 1937's first-year players. Notes External links * * 1917 births 2007 deaths Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Hawthorn Football Club players North Melbourne Football Club players People from Hawthorn, Victoria {{AFL-bio-1917-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawthorn, Victoria
Hawthorn is an inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, east of Melbourne's central business district, located within the City of Boroondara local government area. Hawthorn recorded a population of 22,322 at the 2021 census. Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn, is designated as one of 82 Major Activity Centres in the Melbourne 2030 Metropolitan Strategy. History The name Hawthorn, gazetted in 1840 as "Hawthorne", is thought to have originated from a conversation involving Charles La Trobe, who commented that the native shrubs looked like flowering Hawthorn bushes. Alternatively the name may originate with the bluestone house, so named, and built by James Denham St Pinnock), which stands to this day. Population In the 2016 Census, there were 23,511 people in Hawthorn. 60.5% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were India 4.6%, China 4.0%, England 3.0%, Malaysia 1.9% and New Zealand 1.8%. 68.5% of people spoke only English at home. Other lang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Col Williamson
Colin Magnus Williamson (31 December 1913 – 29 May 1997) was an Australian rules footballer who played with and coached St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Football Although primarily a ruckman, Williamson also spent a lot of time in defence. Northcote (VFA) He started out at Northcote, where he was a member of a premiership team. St Kilda (VFL) He kicked 18 goals in his debut season at St Kilda. Perhaps his best year was 1939 when he finished the Brownlow Medal count as his club's top vote getter. Brighton (VFA) Williamson coached Brighton Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ... to their first and only VFA premiership in 1948. St Kilda (VFL) St Kilda signed him on as their coach for the 1952 season and he remained in the role for two years. No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawthorn Football Club Players
Hawthorn or Hawthorns may refer to: Plants * ''Crataegus'' (hawthorn), a large genus of shrubs and trees in the family Rosaceae * ''Rhaphiolepis'' (hawthorn), a genus of about 15 species of evergreen shrubs and small trees in the family Rosaceae * Hawthorn maple, '' Acer crataegifolium'', a tree variously classified in families Sapindaceae or Aceraceae * ''Crataegus monogyna'' the common hawthorn, the species after which the above are named Places *Hawthorn, Pennsylvania, a city in the United States * Hawthorn, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia **Hawthorn railway station, Melbourne in the above suburb **Electoral district of Hawthorn, a Victorian Legislative Assembly seat based on and named after the above suburb *Hawthorn, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide, Australia *Mount Hawthorn, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth, Australia *The Hawthorns, the stadium for the West Bromwich Albion F.C. in England **The Hawthorns station, a train and metro station that serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Rules Footballers From Melbourne
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * Australia (other) Australia is a country in the Southern Hemisphere. Australia may also refer to: Places * Name of Australia relates the history of the term, as applied to various places. Oceania *Australia (continent), or Sahul, the landmasses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Deaths
This is a list of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked here. 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 See also * Lists of deaths by day The following pages, corresponding to the Gregorian calendar, list the historical events, births, deaths, and holidays and observances of the specified day of the year: Footnotes See also * Leap year * List of calendars * List of non-standard ... * Deaths by year {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1917 Births
Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's Desert Column. * January 10 – Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: Seven survivors of the Ross Sea party were rescued after being stranded for several months. * January 11 – Unknown saboteurs set off the Kingsland Explosion at Kingsland (modern-day Lyndhurst, New Jersey), one of the events leading to United States involvement in WWI. * January 16 – The Danish West Indies is sold to the United States for $25 million. * January 22 – WWI: United States President Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Germany. * January 25 ** WWI: British armed merchantman is sunk by mines off Lough Swilly (Ireland), with the loss of 354 of the 475 aboard. ** An anti- prostitution drive in San Francisco occurs, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Des Fothergill
Desmond Hugh Fothergill (15 July 1920 – 16 March 1996) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and for Williamstown Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA). He was also a noted cricketer, representing Victoria in the Sheffield Shield. In a short but brilliant football career interrupted by World War II and ended by injury, Fothergill was recognized as one of the finest small players of his era, winning almost every available accolade at both club and league level. Football career From Collingwood Tech, Fothergill was a gifted sportsman who made his VFL debut aged 16, for in 1937. Fothergill was a small midfielder/half-forward who seemed too small at the start, at 172 cm and 73 kg, but his brilliance as a footballer was something that over-shadowed his liabilities. Fothergill made an impact straight away as he played brilliant football, winning a Copeland Trophy as Colli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Patterson
Arthur Edward "Sandy" Patterson (21 March 1916 – 23 May 1997) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). Patterson enlisted to serve in the Australian Army during World War II, in late 1940, but contracted measles and was discharged after four months. Patterson died in May 1997. Notes External links * * 1916 births 1997 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Sydney Swans players Australian Army personnel of World War II Australian Army soldiers {{AFL-bio-1916-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reg Garvin
Reginald William Garvin (19 September 1912 – 1 December 1994) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the VFL The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It .... Garvin was a quick, tenacious, powerful, hard-working and dynamic centre half-forward in his prime. Family The son of William James Garvin, and Maud Elizabeth Garvin (-1949), Reginald William Garvin was born in Surry Hills, New South Wales, de Lacy, H.A.,Reg. Garvin has Tried all Codes, ''The Sporting Globe'', (Saturday, 6 July 1940), p.5. on 19 September 1912. He married Betty Edith Med (1915-1974) in 1939. Education He was educated at Alexandria Public School. Football Newtown (NSWAFL) Originally from the Newtown Football Club in the New South Wales Australian Football League (NSWAFL), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sel Murray
Norman Selwyn 'Sel' Murray (23 November 1917 – 29 May 1992) was an Australian rules footballer who played with the North Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) from 1937 to 1944 and then for the Richmond Football Club in 1945 and 1946. Mainly used as a full forward Full-forward is a position in Australian rules football and Gaelic football with a key focus on kicking goals. The Coleman Medal is awarded to the player, often a full-forward, who has kicked the most goals in an Australian Football League seaso ..., he played the 1947 season for North Melbourne seconds, leading the competition goalkicking with 123 for the season and playing in the seconds' premiership side. He ended his career back in the North Melbourne senior side for much of the 1948 season. His 88 goals in 1941 was the most in the League and he took just 73 games to reach 300 career goals which is equal third fastest of all time. Murray also served in the Australian Army for two mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lou Sleeth
Louis David Sleeth (26 February 1916 – 29 November 1990) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The son of Charles Alfred Sleeth (1883–1923), and Johanna "Annie" Sleeth (1887-1966), née Ring, Louis David Sleeth was born at Lilydale, Victoria on 26 February 1916. He married Dalila Mary "Dolly" Garton (1920-2004) in 1947. Football Box Hill (ESFL) He played in 160 games over 20 seasons 1929-1934, 1936, 1939, 1941-1948Hogan (1996), p.211. for the Box Hill Football Club Box Hill Hawks Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the Victorian Football League. It has an alliance with the Hawthorn Football Club, which plays in the Australian Football League. Early Australian rules football in B ... in the Eastern Suburbs Football League. East Burwood (FL) He played for the East Burwood Football Club in the Federal Football League in 1935. Richmond (VFL) A left-footed half-forward fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Dilks
Donald Ian Dilks (20 May 1912 – 13 September 1981) was a former Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...er who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The son of John Ernest Dilks (1891-1922), and Minnie Victoria Dilks (1893-1982), née Goding, Donald Ian Dilks was born on 20 May 1912. He married Jean Elizabeth Deller (1913–2013), the sister of Williamstown footballers Eddie Deller and Reg Deller, in 1938. Football Recruited from Spotswood Citizens. 1937 Best First-Year Players In September 1937, ''The Argus'' selected Dilks in its team of 1937's first-year players. Notes External links * * 1912 births 1981 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Spotswood Footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
