Harry Garnet Campbell (31 July 1903 – 23 January 1981)
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 for and coached
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).
Football
Campbell, noted for his strong disposal skills and pace, was best suited as either a centreman or winger. Essendon won Grand Finals in his first two seasons, but he was not a member of their premiership sides, finding it hard to break into the team initially. He was a regular from 1925 onwards and in the 1926 Brownlow Medal count finished as Essendon's highest vote getter and equal fifth overall. Campbell, who represented Victoria at the
1927 Melbourne Carnival, was appointed captain-coach of Essendon in 1931 but his stint and VFL career ended in 1933 when they finished with the wooden spoon. He finished his career as
Sandringham Sandringham can refer to:
Places
Australia
* Sandringham, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney
* Sandringham, Queensland, a rural locality
* Sandringham, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne
**Sandringham railway line
**Sandringham railway station
* ...
's captain-coach.
See also
*
1927 Melbourne Carnival
Footnotes
References
*Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
External links
*
*
H.G. 'Garnet' Campbell at ''The VFA Project''.
1903 births
1981 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Essendon Football Club players
Essendon Football Club coaches
Yarraville Football Club players
Sandringham Football Club players
Sandringham Football Club coaches
People from Footscray, Victoria
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