Reefton Spicer
| Reefton Spicer | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Reefton Harry Adolphus Spicer | ||
| Date of birth | 17 July 1898 | ||
| Place of birth | South Yarra, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 22 April 1978 (aged 79) | ||
| Place of death | Brighton, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Richmond Districts | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1917–18 | Richmond | 3 (1) | |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1918. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Reefton Harry Adolphus Spicer (17 July 1898 – 22 April 1978) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Family
[edit]The son of Ernest Edward Spicer (1877-1936),[2] and Adelina Ann Elizabeth Spicer (1877-1943), née Bailhache,[3][4] Reefton Harry Adolphus Spicer, known as "Harry", was born at South Yarra, Victoria on 17 July 1898.[5]
He married Doris Annie O'Brien (1900-1974) in 1925.
Football
[edit]Richmond (VFL)
[edit]Recruited from Richmond Districts, he played on the wing and in the back-pocket for the Richmond Football Club — in one senior game in 1917, and in two senior games in 1918.[6]
Brunswick (VFA)
[edit]Cleared from Richmond,[7] he played one senior game for the Brunswick Football Club in 1919.
Williamstown (VFA)
[edit]He played four senior games for the Williamstown Football Club in 1920.
Death
[edit]He died at Brighton, Victoria on 22 April 1978.[8]
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.839.
- ^ Deaths: Spicer, The Age, (Tuesday, 11 August 1936), p.1.
- ^ Marriages: Spicer—Bailhache, The Age(Saturday, 26 November 1898), p.5: married at South Yarra on 31 August 1897.
- ^ Deaths: Spicer, The Argus, (Thursday, 3 June 1943), p.2.
- ^ He was named "Reefton" after his father's birthplace: his father was born at Reefton, in New Zealand, in 1877.
- ^ Hogan (1996), p.215.
- ^ Football, The Age, (Friday, 2 May 1919), p.9.
- ^ Deaths: "Spicer, Harry", The Age, (Monday, 24 April 1978), p.22.
References
[edit]- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1
External links
[edit]- Reefton Spicer's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Reefton Spicer at AustralianFootball.com
- Reefton Spicer, at The VFA Project.
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