Harry Purdy (footballer, born 1867)

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Harry Purdy
Personal information
Full name Henry Robert Purdy
Date of birth (1867-08-28)28 August 1867
Place of birth Learmonth, Victoria
Date of death 26 November 1922(1922-11-26) (aged 55)
Place of death Gardenvale, Victoria
Original team(s) South Ballarat
Position(s) Rover
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1885 South Ballarat 13 (0)
1886-1890, 1892–1896 South Melbourne (VFA) 124 (0)
1897–1901 South Melbourne (VFL) 72 (16)
Total 209 (16)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1901.
Career highlights
  • VFA premiership player 1888-1890
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Henry Robert Purdy (28 August 1867 – 26 November 1922) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) and the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family[edit]

The son of William Frederick Purdy (1834-1918),[2][3] and Hannah Purdy (1835-1931), née Coates,[4] Henry Robert Purdy was born at Learmonth, Victoria on 28 August 1867.[5]

He married Louisa Hannah Seeley (1870–1937), at South Melbourne, on 27 February 1895.[6][7] Their son, Henry Frederick Burnett Purdy (1898-1978), also known as "Harry", played nine games for South Melbourne in the 1910s.[8]

Football[edit]

Originally from the South Ballarat Football Club,[9][10] he moved to Melbourne in 1886.[11][12][13][14]

The knee injury that he sustained in a charity game, against Fitzroy, on 20 September 1890, meant that he was unable to play in the 1891 season.[15][16][17]

Death[edit]

He died at Gardenvale, Victoria on 26 November 1922.[12][18][19]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p. 723.
  2. ^ Death: Purdy, The Ballarat Star, (Monday, 8 July 1918), p. 4.
  3. ^ Obituary, The Ballarat Courier, (Monday, 8 July 1918), p. 7.
  4. ^ Deaths: Purdy, The Argus, (Saturday, 29 August 1931), p 13.
  5. ^ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Births Registration No.22646/1867.
  6. ^ Marriages: Purdy—Seeley, The Leader, (Saturday, 20 April 1895), p. 35.
  7. ^ Deaths: Purdy, The Sun News-Pictorial, (Monday, 16 August 1937), p. 34.
  8. ^ "Football". Record. Vol. XXII, no. 18. Victoria, Australia. 5 May 1917. p. 2. Retrieved 13 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ Football: Fitzroy v. South Ballarat, The Ballarat Courier, (Monday, 21 July 1884), p. 4.
  10. ^ South Ballarat Football Club, The Ballarat Courier, (Saturday, 20 March 1886), p. 4.
  11. ^ Football: South Melbourne v. Union Jack (23), The (Melbourne) Herald, (Friday, 30 April 1886), p. 4.
  12. ^ a b "Mr Harry Purdy's Death Mourned: Impressive Funeral". The (Emerald Hill) Record. Vol. XXVII, no. 48. Victoria, Australia. 2 December 1922. p. 4. Retrieved 13 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. ^ Harry Purdy: A Prominent Footballer, The Sportsman, (Wednesday, 27 August 1890), p. 6.
  14. ^ South Melbourne Team (photograph), The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 22 August 1896), p. 10: Purdy is third player from left front row.
  15. ^ Pennings (2016), p. 20.
  16. ^ On 9 May 1891, "Markwell", of The Australasian, remarked that "[Purdy's] knee is so bad that the chances are against him ever playing football again".
  17. ^ Presentation to Mr. Harry Purdy, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 24 December 1898), p. 4.
  18. ^ Deaths: Purdy, The Argus, (Tuesday, 28 November 1922), p. 1.
  19. ^ Deaths: Purdy, The Ballarat Star, (Tuesday, 28 November 1922), p. 4.

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