Noel Price (footballer)
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| Noel Price | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Noel John Price | ||
| Date of birth | 27 December 1917 | ||
| Place of birth | Yarragon, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 17 July 1984 (aged 66) | ||
| Place of death | Dandenong, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Warragul | ||
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1939–1942, 1944-1947 | Fitzroy | 104 (98) | |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1947. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Noel John Price (27 December 1917 – 17 July 1984)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family[edit]
The fourth and youngest child of Joseph Allister Price (1886-1985), and Ellen May Price (1886-1973), née Horrocks, Noel John Price was born at Yarragon, Victoria on 27 December 1917.
He married Jean Caldwell Yemm (1913-2000) in 1942.
Football[edit]
Recruited from Warragul,[2] he wore the number 22 and was a half forward flanker.
Military service[edit]
Price's Fitzroy career was interrupted by his service in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II.[3]
Notes[edit]
- ^ "Noel Price - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- ^ V.F.L. Final Lists, The Age, (Monday, 17 April 1939), p.14.
- ^ Nominal Roll.
References[edit]
- World War Two Nominal Roll: Leading Aircraftman Noel John Price (118902), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
- A9301, 118902: World War Two Service Record: Leading Aircraftman Noel John Price (118902), National Archives of Australia.
External links[edit]
- Noel Price's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- 2004 obituary of Maurie Hearn, mentioning Clen Denning and Laurie Bickerton as the surviving members of the Maroons' 1944 side
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Categories:
- 1917 births
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
- Fitzroy Football Club players
- Fitzroy Football Club premiership players
- Warragul Football Club players
- 1984 deaths
- VFL/AFL premiership players
- Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II
- Military personnel from Victoria (state)
- Australian rules biography, 1917 birth stubs