George Pyke (footballer) explained

George Pyke
Fullname:George William Pyke
Birth Date:2 March 1887
Birth Place:Ararat, Victoria
Death Place:Malvern, Victoria
Statsend:1909
Years1:1909
Games Goals1:5 (1)

George William Pyke (2 March 1887 – 31 March 1960) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

The son of Robert George Pyke (1853–1929),[2] and Ellen Bryson Pyke (1861-1943),[3] née McKerchar, later Mrs. Samuel Bilston, George William Pyke was born at Ararat, Victoria on 2 March 1887.

He married Eleanor Grace Turner (1887–1960) in 1910.

References

Notes and References

  1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.724
  2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article204230206 Deaths: Pyke, The Age, (Saturday, 26 January 1929), p.13.
  3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206350236 Deaths; Bilston (Pike), The Age, (Monday, 6 December 1943), p.5.