Arthur Hart (footballer, born 1917) explained

Arthur Hart
Fullname:	Arthur Robert Hart
Birth Date:	13 February 1917
Birth Place:	Carlton, Victoria
Death Place:	Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital
Originalteam:	Raymonds
Height:	182 cm
Weight:	76 kg
Statsend:	1941
Years1:	1938–1941
Games Goals1:	38 (37)

Arthur Robert Hart (13 February 1917 – 16 October 1981) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of Frederick Arthur Hart (1889-1948),^[2] and Elizabeth Hart (1889-1966), née King,^[3] Arthur Robert Hart was born at Carlton, Victoria on 13 February 1917. Two of his three brothers brothers, Edward Ronald "Eddie" Hart (1922–1995) and Donald Clement "Don" Hart (1930–2018), also played for Fitzroy, as had his uncle Robert "Bob" King (1894–1979).

He married Mona Emily Stevens (1919–2010) on 19 April 1941.^[4]

Football

He made his debut for Fitzroy, in the back-pocket, against Essendon, at Windy Hill, on 20 August 1938.^{[5] [6]}

Military service

He served in New Guinea as a Sergeant of Communication Signals in World War II.^{[7] [8] [9]}

References

• Book: Holmesby, Russell. The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria0.
• World War Two Nominal Roll: Sergeant Arthur Hart (VX144410), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
• World War Two Service Record: Sergeant Arthur Robert Hart (VX144410), National Archives of Australia.

Notes and References

1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p. 370.
2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206885296 Deaths: Hart, The Age, (Saturday, 24 January 1948), p. 2.
3. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iWQQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aZMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2190%2C867134 Deaths: Hart, The Age, (Monday, 5 December 1966), p. 17.
4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article244984932 Today's Weddings: Hart—Stevens, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Saturday, 19 April 1941), p. 23.
5. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article278135254 Fitzroy changes Four, The (Melbourne) Sun News-Pictorial, (Friday, 19 August 1938), p. 30.
6. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12472918 Teams for Saturday: Fitzroy, Friday, 19 August 1938), p. 17.
7. Nominal Roll.
8. Service Record.
9. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225420312 League Stars in Uniform, The Weekly Times, (Wednesday, 16 July 1943), p. 20.