Harold Dudley Hay (31 December 1881 – 27 December 1955) was an

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 for the

Melbourne Football Club The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Demons, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. It is based in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, ...

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).

Family

His brother, Cedric Rupert Hay (1880–1953), also played VFL football for Melbourne.

Football

Melbourne (VFL)

Hay became one of the club's first premiership players, playing in the

1900 VFL Grand Final The 1900 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club, held at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 22 September 1900. It was the 3rd annual Grand F ...

, under the captaincy of

Dick Wardill Richard Cameron Wardill (5 July 1872 – 28 August 1929) was an Australian rules footballer and coach who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The son of Richard Wilson Wardill (1840-1873) — ...

. He made his debut against in Round 13 of the

1900 VFL season The 1900 VFL season was the fourth season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured eight clubs, ran from 5 May until 22 September, and comprised a 14 ...

, at the

Melbourne Cricket Ground The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as "The 'G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadiu ...

"Heritage number"

Hay has been given the Melbourne Heritage Number of 81 (his brother, Ced, has 82), based on the order of his debut for the club.

Death

Hay died at his home, the Langi Oonah homestead, in

Barooga, New South Wales Barooga is a border town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, located in the Berrigan Shire local government area. It is situated just north of the Murray River which forms the border with Victoria. Barooga's population at the ...

, just across the

Murray River The Murray River (in South Australia: River Murray) (Ngarrindjeri: ''Millewa'', Yorta Yorta: ''Tongala'') is a river in Southeastern Australia. It is Australia's longest river at extent. Its tributaries include five of the next six longest r ...

from

Cobram Cobram is a town in the Australian state of Victoria. It is on the Murray River which forms the border between Victoria and New South Wales. Cobram along with the nearby towns of Numurkah and Yarrawonga is part of Shire of Moira and is the admi ...

, on 27 December 1955.Deaths: Hay, ''The Argus'', (Thursday, 29 December 1955), p.13.
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Footnotes

References

External links

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Harold Hay, at ''Demonwiki''.
1881 births Melbourne Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Melbourne 1955 deaths Melbourne Football Club premiership players VFL/AFL premiership players People from St Kilda, Victoria {{AFL-bio-1881-stub