Henry Cordner (17 June 1885 – 14 November 1943) was an

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footballer who played with both the

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and the

Melbourne University Football Club Melbourne University Football Club, often known simply as University, is an Australian rules football club based at the University of Melbourne. The club fields two teams, known as the "Blacks" and "Blues", who both compete in the Victorian Amat ...

in the

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(VFL).

THE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL TEAM from The Leader Melbourne 30 May 1908 pg 27

Family

The son of Edward James Cordner, and Helen Cordner, née Rae, Henry Cordner was born in Bendigo on 17 June 1885. He died in Hobart on 14 November 1943. Harry's brother

Ted Cordner Edward Pruen Cordner (31 January 1919 – 4 March 1996) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s. Family The older brother of Melbourne Team of the Century members D ...

, and his cousins

Alan Cordner Joseph Alan Cordner (6 May 1890 – 25 April 1915) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was killed at Cape Helles in Ottoman Turk ...

and "Larry" Cordner, also played senior VFL football. Harry is the uncle of the Cordners –

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, Denis,

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and

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– who played for Melbourne in the 1940s.

Education

Henry entered into residence at

Trinity College, Melbourne Trinity College is the oldest residential college of the University of Melbourne, the first university in the colony of Victoria, Australia. The college was opened in 1872 on a site granted to the Church of England by the government of Victori ...

in 1904, graduating with a M.B., Ch.B. from the

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb nor ...

in 1909.

Football

He played VFL football for both Melbourne and University.

Military service

Overseas at the time that war broke out, Dr. Henry Cordner was commissioned as a lieutenant in the

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, on 16 August 1914, promoted to captain on 16 August 1916, and served in France.''The Argus'', 29 August 1914.

Footnotes

References

* Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing. *
Personal: Dr. Henry Cordner, ''The Argus'', (Saturday, 29 August 1914), p.17.

External links

*
Harry Cordner, ''demonwiki.org.''
1885 births University Football Club players Melbourne Football Club players 1943 deaths Australian rules footballers from Bendigo People educated at Melbourne Grammar School Australian military personnel of World War I {{AFL-bio-1885-stub