Harry Purdy (footballer, born 1867)

For his son, who also played football for South Melbourne, see Harry Purdy (footballer, born 1898).
Harry Purdy
Personal information
Full name Harry Purdy
Date of birth (1867-08-28)28 August 1867
Date of death 26 November 1922(1922-11-26) (aged 55)
Original team(s) Ballarat
Position(s) Rover
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1897–1901 South Melbourne 72 (16)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1901.

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

Originally from the South Ballarat Football Club, he moved to Melbourne in 1887.[2]

His son, also named Harry Purdy, also played football for South Melbourne in the 1910s.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 723. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ↑ "Mr Harry Purdy's Death Mourned". Record. XXVII, (48). Victoria, Australia. 2 December 1922. p. 4. Retrieved 13 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "Football". Record. XXII, (18). Victoria, Australia. 5 May 1917. p. 2. Retrieved 13 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

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