Horrie Brain
Appearance
Horrie Brain | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Horace Horton Brain | ||
Date of birth | 17 November 1885 | ||
Place of birth | Colebrook, Tasmania | ||
Date of death | 22 March 1966 | (aged 80)||
Place of death | Mount Nelson, Tasmania | ||
Original team(s) | North Hobart | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1904–05 | North Hobart | ||
1906 | Brisbane (QFL) | ||
1907 | St Kilda | 11 (0) | |
1909–13 | North Hobart | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1907. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Horace Horton Brain (17 November 1885 – 22 March 1966) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
He later served in World War I, serving mainly in France and suffering mustard gas poisoning in 1917.[2]
Notes
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than football : league players at war. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-992379-14-8.
External links
- Horrie Brain's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Horrie Brain at AustralianFootball.com