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For his son, who also played football for South Melbourne, see Harry Purdy (footballer, born 1898).

Harry Purdy
Personal information
Full name Harry Purdy
Date of birth (1867-08-28)28 August 1867
Date of death 26 November 1922(1922-11-26) (aged 55)
Original team(s) Ballarat
Position(s) Rover
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Harry Purdy (28 August 1867 – 26 November 1922) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]

Originally from the South Ballarat Football Club, he moved to Melbourne in 1887.[2]

His son, also named Harry Purdy, also played football for South Melbourne in the 1910s.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 723. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "Mr Harry Purdy's Death Mourned". Record. Vol. XXVII, , no. 48. Victoria, Australia. 2 December 1922. p. 4. Retrieved 13 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  3. ^ "Football". Record. Vol. XXII, , no. 18. Victoria, Australia. 5 May 1917. p. 2. Retrieved 13 September 2016 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)


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