Dave Currie (footballer) explained

Dave Currie
Fullname:	David William Thomson Currie
Birth Date:	19 May 1876
Birth Place:	Hotham, Victoria
Death Place:	Ascot Vale, Victoria
Statsend:	1898
Years1:	1898
Games Goals1:	1 (1)

Dave Currie (19 May 1876 – 20 April 1912) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of William Currie (d.1923),^[2] and Mary Currie (d.1876), née McPherson,^[3] David William Thomson Currie was born at Hotham, Victoria, now known as North Melbourne, on 19 May 1876.

Football

North Melbourne (VFA)

Cleared from Melbourne to North Melbourne on 2 May 1895,^{[4] [5] [6]} He played with North Melbourne for three seasons: 1895 to 1897.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107122233

Death

He died at Ascot Vale, Victoria on 20 April 1912.^{[7] [8]}

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, Victoria.
• Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996.

External links

• • • David Currie, at Demonwiki.

Notes and References

1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p. 201.
2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1985415 Deaths: Currie, The Argus, (Wednesday, 12 September 1923), p.1.
3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5893899 Deaths: Currie, The Argus, (Tuesday, 4 July 1876), p. 1.
4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9356543 Football, The Argus, (Friday, 3 May 1895), p. 3.
5. Demonwiki.
6. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107121504 Football: North Melbourne v. Geelong, The North Melbourne Gazette, (Friday, 10 May 1895), p. 3.
7. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11669375 Deaths: Currie, The Argus, (Monday, 22 April 1912), p. 1.
8. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11670589 Judicial and Law Notices: David William Thomson Currie, The Argus, (Friday, 26 April 1912), p. 10.