| Harry Crapper | |
| Fullname: | Henry Sylvester Crapper |
| Birth Date: | 15 January 1905 |
| Birth Place: | Raywood, Victoria |
| Death Place: | Parkville, Victoria |
| Originalteam: | Maryborough, Castlemaine |
| Statsend: | 1931 |
| Years1: | 1930–31 |
| Games Goals1: | 12 (6) |
Henry Sylvester Crapper (15 January 1905 – 28 December 1976) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
The son of Henry Crapper (1871-1952),[2] [3] and Winifred Crapper (1875-1951), née Fitzgerald,[4] Henry Sylvester Crapper was born at Raywood, Victoria 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.
Recruited by Melbourne from the Castlemaine Football Club in the Bendigo Football League in 1930,[5] he played his first senior game, against Footscray on 31 May 1930.[6]
He was a member of the Melbourne Second XVIII team that won the Grand Final, against Geelong on 10 October 1931.[7]
He served as a Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in World War II.
He died at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in Parkville, Victoria on 28 December 1976.[8]