Henri Jeanneret | |
Fullname: | Henri Edward Jeanneret |
Birth Date: | 1 January 1878 |
Birth Place: | Switzerland |
Death Place: | Hurstville, New South Wales |
Height: | 178 cm |
Weight: | 75 kg |
Position: | Wing, forward |
Statsend: | 1904 |
Years1: | 1898–1903 |
Games Goals1: | 75 (12) |
Years2: | 1904 |
Games Goals2: | 4 (0) |
Games Goalstotal: | 79 (12) |
Henri Edward Jeanneret (1 January 1878 – 1 June 1935)[1] was a Swiss-born Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
The fourth (of seven) child of Frederic Guillaume Jeanneret Gris (1851-1893),[2] [3] [4] and Laure Jeanneret Gris (1851-1923), née Belrichard,[5] [6] [7] Henri Edward Jeanneret was born in Switzerland on 1 January 1878. His family arrived in Melbourne in the S.S. Somersetshire on 10 August 1879.
He married Jane/Jean Ethel Domville Scott (1881-) in 1906. He was naturalized, as "Henry Edward Jeanneret" on 17 August 1911 (cert. No. 12104).
"A young man named Henry Jeanneret sustained a fracture of the ribs while playing football [for Mentone] in the Mentone v. East Brighton match last Saturday." — The Caulfield and Elsternwick Leader, 11 July 1896.[8]
Jeanneret started playing football with Glenferrie (late Clendon) in the Suburban Junior Football Association in 1897, where he was also the club delegate.
When Glenferrie disbanded during 1897, he then joined the Hawthorn club that was competing in the Victorian Junior Football Association,
He joined South Melbourne at the start of 1898.[9] [10] A wingman, Jeanneret made his debut for South Melbourne in Round 1 of the 1898 VFL season. He played in 75 matches over six seasons for South Melbourne.
On 5 May 1904 he was cleared to Melbourne for the 1904 VFL season.[11] At Melbourne he played four matches.
He died at Hurstville, New South Wales on 1 June 1935.[12]