Harold William Herbert 'Harry' Courtney (1908-1936) was an Australian
rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...
footballer who played in the 1930s.
A son of the rugby league legend
Tedda Courtney
Ed "Tedda" Courtney (1885–1957) was a pioneer Australian rugby league footballer and coach. He played club football for North Sydney, Western Suburbs and representative football for the New South Wales state and Australian national sides. ...
and brother of
Ed Courtney Jr.
Edward Henry Joseph Courtney (1905-1986) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s.
Background
Ed Courtney Jr. was the son of the noted pioneer Australian rugby league player, Tedda Courtney and brother of Har ...
, Harry played two years of first grade rugby league before his premature death. He joined the
St. George
Saint George (Greek: Γεώργιος (Geórgios), Latin: Georgius, Arabic: القديس جرجس; died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was a Christian who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to tradition he was a soldier ...
club for one season before joining
Canterbury-Bankstown to be coached by his famous father in 1935.
Courtney died on 6 December 1936 at
Randwick, New South Wales
Randwick is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Randwick is located 6 kilometres south-east of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the City of Randwi ...
.
[Sydney Morning Herald- Death Notice : 8/12/1936]
References
St. George Dragons players
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs players
1908 births
1936 deaths
Australian rugby league players
Rugby league second-rows
Rugby league players from Sydney
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