Harry Pye (footballer) explained

Harry Pye
Fullname:Harry Coupar Pye
Birth Date:10 August 1880
Birth Place:Carlton, Victoria
Death Place:St Kilda, Victoria
Originalteam:St Luke's
Statsend:1902
Years1:1901–02
Games Goals1:16 (1)

Harry Coupar Pye (10 August 1880 – 13 March 1953) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

He married twice. He married his first wife, Minnie Brown (-1950), on 8 January 1908.[2] [3] They had two children. He married his second wife, Priscilla Humerston (1890-1968), in 1951, and became stepfather to her daughter.

Football

Carlton (VFL)

Recruited from a local church team, St Lukes, Pye played a total of 16 senior games for Carlton over two seasons: 14 games in 1901, and 2 games in 1902. He played in the first two matches in 1902 under new coach Jack Worrall, and then left the club — in round 3, Worrall made 8 changes (including new players) to the previous week's team, in which Pye had played his final match.[4]

Brighton (VFA)

He was cleared from Carlton to Brighton Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) on 30 April 1906.[5] [6]

Death

He died at his residence in St Kilda on 13 March 1953.[7]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Hornsby & Main (2014), p.724.
  2. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/145915829 Weddings: Mr. Harry C. Pye and Miss Minnie Brown, Table Talk, (Thursday, 23 January 1908), p.26
  3. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205369698 Deaths: Pye, The Age, (Friday, 1 September 1950), p.2.
  4. http://www.blueseum.org/Round+3%2C+1902 Round 3, 1902, Blueseum.
  5. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/189371956 Football, The Age, Tuesday, 1 May 1906), p.8.
  6. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/198108652 The Brighton Football Team (Association), The Leader, (Saturday, 27 June 1908), p.26
  7. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23233192 Deaths: Pye, The Argus, (Saturday, 14 March 1953), p.18.