William Harrison (5 November 1883 – 29 April 1949) was an
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...
er who played with
Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
*Essendon Football Club, in the Australian Football League
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
United Kin ...
in the
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...
(VFL).
Family
The son of William Harrison (1852-1936), and Bliss Harrison (1854-1942), née Upstone, William Harrison was born on 5 November 1883.
Death
He died at
Prince Henry's Hospital, in St Kilda Road, Melbourne on 29 April 1949.
Deaths: Harrison, ''The Age'', (Saturday, 30 April 1949), p.2.
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Notes
References
* Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2014), ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.)'', Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing.
* Maplestone, M., ''Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996'', Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996.
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1883 births
1949 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Essendon Football Club players
20th-century Australian sportsmen
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