Tommy Lamprell Explained

Tommy Lamprell
Fullname:Thomas Jubilee Burnett Lamprell
Birth Date:8 June 1887
Birth Place:Mount Prospect, Victoria
Death Place:Fitzroy, Victoria
Originalteam:North Lyell
Statsend:1910
Years1:1910
Games Goals1:1 (2)

Thomas Jubilee Burnett Lamprell (8 June 1887 – 25 August 1937) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

The son of Charles Lamprell (–1898),[2] and Jane Lamprell (−1906), née Searle,[3] Thomas Jubilee Burnett Lamprell was born at Mount Prospect, in Victoria, on 8 June 1887.

Marriages

He married Blanche Lamprell on 28 December 1909; they were divorced in 1922.[4] [5]

He married Ettie May Clark (−1929) in 1923.[6]

He married Laura Isobel McLeod in 1934.

Football

St Kilda (VFL)

Granted a clearance from North Lyell Football Club in Tasmania to St Kilda on 18 May 1910,[7] he played his single match for St Kilda, against Collingwood, on 21 May 1910.[8]

Footscray (VFA)

He played 11 matches for Footscray in two seasons (1910, 1911).

Williamstown (VFA)

He played for Williamstown after crossing from Footscray during 1911 and in the first four matches of the 1912 season. He played a total of 11 games and kicked 6 goals for 'Town.

On 25 May 1912, "Observer", the football correspondent of The Williamstown Chronicle, reported that, "Lamprell has displeased the committee and will consequently 'stand down' for a while".[9]

Death

He died at St Vincent's Hospital in Fitzroy on 25 August 1937.[10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. 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 . 497.
  2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155236378 In Memoriam: Lamprell, The Age, (Monday, 25 November 1918), p.1.
  3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article201671646 Deaths: Lamprell, (Monday, 26 November 1906), p.1.
  4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4677100 Divorce Court, The Argus, (Tuesday, 28 March 1922), p.8
  5. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205753615 An Unhappy Marriage: Husband's Strange Request, The Age, (Tuesday, 28 March 1922), p.7.
  6. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article204105378 Deaths: Lamprell, The Age, (Wednesday, 14 August 1929), p.1.
  7. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10857424 Football: Players' Permits, The Argus, (Thursday, 19 May 1910), p.5.
  8. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84552024 Lyell, The Zeehan and Dundas Herald, (Thursday, 26 May 1910), p.4.
  9. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article69672152 Football Notes, The Williamstown Chronicle, (Saturday, 25 May 1912), p.3.
  10. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205571261 Deaths: Lamprell, The Age, (Friday, 27 August 1937), p.1.