Patrick Joseph "Pat" Descrimes (31 December 1877 – 6 January 1939) was an
Australian rules footballer who played for the
Fitzroy Football Club
The Fitzroy Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently competing in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA). Formed in 1883 to represent the inner-Melbourne municipality of Fitzroy, the club was a member of the V ...
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).
Descrimes debuted at Fitzroy in opening game of the inaugural VFL season in 1897 and went on to play four seasons for the club. He was a follower in Fitzroy's 1898 premiership team and a half forward flanker in their premiership side in 1899.
[Some sources have ]Bert Sharpe
Albert 'Bert' Sharpe (6 May 1878 – 10 January 1918) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club and South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an ...
in the 1899 premiership team instead of Descrimes but Sharpe was a late omission when his father died.
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1877 births
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Fitzroy Football Club players
Fitzroy Football Club premiership players
1939 deaths
VFL/AFL premiership players
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