Joe Grace (Australian footballer) explained

Joe Grace
Fullname:Joseph Patrick Grace
Birth Date:9 October 1878
Birth Place:Richmond, Victoria
Death Place:Perth, Western Australia
Statsend:1900
Years1:1900
Games Goals1:2 (0)

Joseph Patrick Grace (9 October 1878 – 5 September 1919) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy.[1]

Family

The son of Thomas Grace, and Julia Grace, née O'Callaghan, Joseph Patrick Grace was born in Richmond, Victoria on 9 October 1878. He was the brother of Fitzroy footballers Jim Grace and Mick Grace.

He married Annie Jane Smith (1879-1951) in 1905. She later remarried, becoming Mrs. Joseph McCormick. She died at Manly, New South Wales on 16 April 1951.[2]

Death

Employed as an insurance agent, he died in Perth Hospital on 5 September 1919.[3]

References

Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim, The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.), Bas Publishing, (Melbourne, Victoria), 2014. .

Notes and References

  1. Holmesby & Main (2014.
  2. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/18208821/1046746 Deaths: McCormick (Grace), The Sydney Morning Herald, p.20.
  3. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/202442923 Deaths: Grace, The Age, (Monday, 8 September 1919), p.1