Neville Heffernan Explained

Neville Heffernan
Fullname:	Neville John Laurence Heffernan
Birth Date:	12 July 1908
Birth Place:	North Melbourne, Victoria
Death Place:	West Footscray, Victoria
Statsend:	1930
Years1:	1929–30
Games Goals1:	6 (4)

Neville John Laurence Heffernan (12 July 1908 – 6 February 1973) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL),^[1] with Preston in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), and who officiated in 67 matches as a VFL boundary umpire.^[2]

Family

The son of John Edward Heffernan (1880-1955),^[3] and Harriet Heffernan (1888-1954), née Trevaskis,^[4] Neville John Laurence Heffernan was born at Hotham, Victoria on 12 July 1908.

He married Matilda Jane Howser (1909-1980) in 1933.

Death

He died (suddenly) at West Footscray, Victoria on 6 February 1973.^[5]

References

• Book: The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Holmesby. Russell. Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria.
• Taxi-Men Train, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 19 April 1930), p.6.
• Association Clearances, The Argus, (Thursday, 3 July 1930), p.13.
• de Lacy, H.A., "Again a Reshuffle: Top and Bottom Association Teams Fight for Places: Preston's Defence", The Sporting Globe, (Wednesday, 13 August 1930), p.9.
• Football: Wednesday League: Yellow Cabs Wins Grand Final, The Argus, (Thursday, 11 September 1930), p.11.

External links

• • • Neville Heffernan at The VFA Project.

Notes and References

1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.385.
2. https://aflua.com.au/statistics/player-umpires Player-Umpires, AFL Umpires Association.
3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71635315 Deaths: Heffernan, The Argus, (Thursday, 24 February 1955), p.16.
4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article210671467 Deaths: Heffernan, The Age, (Monday, 18 October 1954), p.9.
5. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SMNUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3pADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6867%2C1758496 Deaths: Heffernan, The Age, (Thursday, 8 February 1973), p.19.