Harold Waldmere Rumney (16 May 1907 – 16 November 1987) 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 oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er. Rumney was rejected by Carlton Football Club after 15 games in two seasons and transferred to

Collingwood Football Club The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The club w ...

. His arrival at Collingwood was fortuitous. He played in the quartet of premierships, 1927–1930, as well as the 1935 premiership. He left Collingwood to coach Northcote in the VFA for season 1936 but returned to Collingwood in 1937. He regularly represented Victoria and won Collingwood's

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award in 1931. He was 171 cm tall and weighed 76 kg. He played 15 games for Carlton, scoring 9 goals, and 171 games for Collingwood, scoring 28 goals.

References

*Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

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* * Carlton Football Club players Collingwood Football Club players Collingwood Football Club Premiership players Brighton Football Club players Northcote Football Club players Northcote Football Club coaches Copeland Trophy winners Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) 1907 births 1987 deaths Five-time VFL/AFL Premiership players {{AFL-bio-1907-stub