Henry Sylvester Crapper (15 January 1905 – 28 December 1976) was an

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er who played with

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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

The son of Henry Crapper (1871-1952), and Winifred Crapper (1875-1951), née Fitzgerald, Henry Sylvester Crapper was born at

Raywood, Victoria Raywood is a town in northern Victoria, Australia. The town is in the City of Greater Bendigo, north of the state capital, Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/ Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of ...

on 15 January 1905. His brothers, Thomas Frederick "Fred" Crapper (1909-1976), Francis Gerald "Frank" Crapper (1911-1991), played VFL football with Richmond and North Melbourne, respectively. He married Veronica Cecilia Carrodus (1906-1993) in 1935.

Football

Recruited by Melbourne from the

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in the

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in 1930, he played his first senior game, against Footscray on 31 May 1930. He was a member of the Melbourne Second XVIII team that won the Grand Final, against Geelong on 10 October 1931.

Military service

He served as a Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in World War II.

Death

He died at the

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on 28 December 1976.Deaths: Crapper, ''The Age'', (Wednesday, 29 December 1976), p.28.
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References

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World War Two Nominal Roll: Flight Lieutenant Henry Sylvester Crapper (12838)
''Department of Veterans' Affairs''.

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1905 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Melbourne Football Club players Castlemaine Football Club players 1976 deaths Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II Royal Australian Air Force officers {{AFL-bio-1905-stub