Joe Kiker Explained

Joe Kiker
Fullname:Joseph Kiker
Birth Date:16 May 1889
Birth Place:Burwood, Victoria
Death Place:Box Hill, Victoria
Height:183 cm
Weight:83 kg
Statsend:1909
Years1:1909
Games Goals1:1 (1)

Joseph Kiker (16 May 1889 – 25 February 1959) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1] [2]

Football

Richmond Football Club (VFL)

He played in one First XVIII match with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 1909;[3] he was a "new" player that Richmond, which did not make the finals in 1909, tried out in the last match of the 1909 season, against Geelong, on 4 September 1909. Playing at centre half-forward he kicked one of his team's four goals.[4]

Melbourne City Football Club (VFA)

He was cleared from Richmond to the Melbourne City Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1912,[5] and played against Footscray in the team's first VFA competition match, on 27 April 1912.

Hawthorn Football Club (VFA)

The Melbourne City Football Club withdrew from the VFA competition after only two seasons (1912 and 1913), and its place was taken in the 1914 competition by the Hawthorn Football Club. Kiker transferred to Hawthorn and played in its first VFA competition match, against Port Melbourne, on 13 April 1914.

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Notes and References

  1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.479.
  2. The press accounts also have his family name of Kiker (perhaps anglicized by some ancestor from Keicher) as Kyker (e.g., http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197367200), Kirker (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article241497504) — and, in the same article, Kirken (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article241497504).
  3. Hogan (1996), p.119.
  4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10731726 Geelong's Day Out, The Argus, (Monday, 6 September 1909), p.5.
  5. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197367054 Association, The Age, (Thursday, 25 April 1912), p.11.