Harry Lever | |
Fullname: | Henry Hulm Lever |
Birth Date: | 5 January 1886 |
Birth Place: | Parramatta, New South Wales |
Death Place: | Geelong West, Victoria |
Originalteam: | Brighton / Elwood |
Height: | 178 cm |
Weight: | 76 kg |
Statsend: | 1922 |
Years1: | 1905–1915, 1918–1919, 1921–1922 |
Club1: | St Kilda |
Games Goals1: | 218 (6) |
Henry Hulm Lever (5 January 1886 – 19 July 1970) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Originally playing for the Brighton Football Club in the amateur league, Lever played as a fullback in his 15-year VFL career which began in 1905. In 1907, he lost two fingers in a band saw accident.[1] After his wound was attended to, he played for St Kilda the following afternoon.
He did not play in 1916 or 1917 as St Kilda were in recess due to World War I, while he missed 1920 as he was injured in the pre-season.
Lever was captain of St Kilda's 1913 VFL Grand Final team.
He was the first St Kilda player to play 200 games, with his 218 games for St Kilda remaining the club record until it was broken by Ross Smith in Round 21 of 1972.[2]