Horrie Farmer (footballer, born 1909) explained

Horrie Farmer
Fullname:Horace Charles Farmer
Birth Date:28 August 1909
Birth Place:Prahran, Victoria
Death Place:Warragul, Victoria
Originalteam:Warragul
Height:178 cm
Weight:67 kg
Statsend:1937
Years1:1933
Club1:Richmond
Games Goals1:8 (14)
Years2:1936–1937
Club2:North Melbourne
Games Goals2:19 (23)
Games Goalstotal:27 (37)

Horace Charles Farmer (28 August 1909 – 13 October 1981) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Farmer was a forward and set a club record when he kicked six goals on his VFL debut for Richmond, against North Melbourne at Punt Road Oval in 1933.[2] He played seven more games that year, including the 1933 VFL Grand Final loss to South Melbourne, kicking two of Richmond's four goals.[3]

In 1934 he returned to the country and played for his original club, Warragul.

He began playing for North Melbourne in the 1936 VFL season and appeared in 17 of a possible 18 games.[3] In 1937 he played in the opening two rounds, then returned to Warragul.[4] His father, also named Horrie, played league football for St Kilda.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Holmesby, Russell. Main. Jim. The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. 2007. 9781920910785.
  2. Book: Lovett, Michael. AFL 2004 - The Official Statistical History Of The AFL. AFL Publishing. 2004. 0-9580300-5-7.
  3. Web site: AFL Tables: Horrie Farmer . afltables.com.
  4. Morwell Advertiser,"Football - Central Gippsland League - Warragul Defeat Morwell", 27 May 1937, p. 4
  5. The Argus,"Horrie Farmer's Death", 28 April 1934, p. 29