Harry Purdy (footballer, born 1867) explained
| Harry Purdy |
| Fullname: | Henry Robert Purdy |
| Birth Date: | 28 August 1867 |
| Birth Place: | Learmonth, Victoria |
| Death Place: | Gardenvale, Victoria |
| Originalteam: | South Ballarat |
| Position: | Rover |
| Statsend: | 1901 |
| Years1: | 1885 |
| Club1: | South Ballarat |
| Games Goals1: | 13 (0) |
| Years2: | 1886-1890, 1892–1896 |
| Club2: | (VFA) |
| Games Goals2: | 124 (0) |
| Years3: | 1897–1901 |
| Club3: | (VFL) |
| Games Goals3: | 72 (16) |
| Games Goalstotal: | 209 (16) |
| Careerhighlights: | - VFA premiership player 1888-1890
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Henry Robert Purdy (28 August 1867 – 26 November 1922) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) and the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Family
The son of William Frederick Purdy (1834-1918),[2] [3] and Hannah Purdy (1835-1931), née Coates,[4] Henry Robert Purdy was born at Learmonth, Victoria on 28 August 1867.[5]
He married Louisa Hannah Seeley (1870–1937), at South Melbourne, on 27 February 1895.[6] [7] Their son, Henry Frederick Burnett Purdy (1898-1978), also known as "Harry", played nine games for South Melbourne in the 1910s.[8]
Football
Originally from the South Ballarat Football Club,[9] [10] he moved to Melbourne in 1886.[11] [12] [13] [14]
The knee injury that he sustained in a charity game, against Fitzroy, on 20 September 1890, meant that he was unable to play in the 1891 season.[15] [16] [17]
Purdy later played for Brighton in the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA), including in the club's 1902 grand final loss to Collegians.[18]
Death
He died at Gardenvale, Victoria on 26 November 1922.[19] [20]
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.
- Pennings, Mark (2016), Origins of Australian Football: Victoria's early History: Volume 4: Tough Times: Victorian Football loses its Way, 1891 to 1896, Brunswick, Victoria: Grumpy Monks Publishing.
- South Melbourne Team (photograph), (Melbourne) Punch, (Thursday, 4 JUne 1903), p. 740.
Notes and References
- Holmesby & Main (2014), p. 723.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article160269742 Death: Purdy, The Ballarat Star, (Monday, 8 July 1918), p. 4.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article73529152 Obituary, The Ballarat Courier, (Monday, 8 July 1918), p. 7.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4396176 Deaths: Purdy, The Argus, (Saturday, 29 August 1931), p 13.
- Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Births Registration No.22646/1867.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197435402 Marriages: Purdy—Seeley, The Leader, (Saturday, 20 April 1895), p. 35.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article277685908 Deaths: Purdy, The Sun News-Pictorial, (Monday, 16 August 1937), p. 34.
- News: Football . Record. XXII . 18 . Victoria, Australia . 5 May 1917 . 13 September 2016 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article265595886 Football: Fitzroy v. South Ballarat, The Ballarat Courier, (Monday, 21 July 1884), p. 4.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article273732807 South Ballarat Football Club, The Ballarat Courier, (Saturday, 20 March 1886), p. 4.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article241210734 Football: South Melbourne v. Union Jack (23), The (Melbourne) Herald, (Friday, 30 April 1886), p. 4.
- News: Mr Harry Purdy's Death Mourned: Impressive Funeral . The (Emerald Hill) Record. XXVII . 48 . Victoria, Australia . 2 December 1922 . 13 September 2016 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article227937639 Harry Purdy: A Prominent Footballer, The Sportsman, (Wednesday, 27 August 1890), p. 6.
- https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/221203259 South Melbourne Team (photograph), The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 22 August 1896), p. 10
- Pennings (2016), p. 20.
- On 9 May 1891, "Markwell", of The Australasian, remarked that "[Purdy's] knee is so bad that the chances are against him ever playing football again".
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article108484874 Presentation to Mr. Harry Purdy, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 24 December 1898), p. 4.
- Web site: PREMIERSHIP LIST, SEASON 1902 . Leader . 13 October 2024 . 17 . 27 September 1902 . On both sides two or three ex-League players appeared, notably Cumberland for Collegians and Harry Purdy for Brighton..
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1858077 Deaths: Purdy, The Argus, (Tuesday, 28 November 1922), p. 1.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article213337392 Deaths: Purdy, The Ballarat Star, (Tuesday, 28 November 1922), p. 4.
