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George Henry Pritchard (10 February 1861 – 7 July 1930) was a dual code footballer, who captained Queensland in
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 ...
and
rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
, one of just seven players to represent the Queensland in both codes. Pritchard served as captain for both Queensland and the Brisbane Football Club.


Early life

Pritchard was born in
Albury, New South Wales Albury () is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the Hume Highway and the northern side of the Murray River. Albury is the seat of local government for the council area which also bears the city's name – the C ...
moving with his parents to Brisbane age of 3 where his father became a trustee at
Brisbane Grammar School , motto_translation = Nothing Without Labour , established = 1868 , type = Independent, day & boarding , gender = Boys , denomination = Non-denominational , slogan = , key_people = , ci ...
the school at which George would attend.


Sport

Known by the name of Harry, Pritchard joined the Brisbane Football Club in 1876, becoming the club's captain in 1881. He was consistently named the most prodigious kick in the colony. He represented Queensland in New South Wales in 1882, captaining the side. He also served as the club's vice-president. He continued as an Australian rules footballer until his retirement from the game in 1884 before switching to rugby when that sport became more popular, joining the rugby team on tour to New South Wales captaining the side in 1884.


Outside of sport

Outside of football Pritchard was prominent in the sugar industry, moving to Townsville, and was active in politics where he was president of the National Political Council and served in the army for 9 years. He died at Bowen Terrace, Brisbane in 1930.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pritchard, George 1861 births 1930 deaths Rugby union players from Queensland People educated at Brisbane Grammar School Australian rules footballers from Brisbane Queensland rugby union team players