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Herb Esse

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Herb Esse
Personal information
Full name Herbert Patrick Esse
Date of birth (1920-05-14)14 May 1920
Place of birth Footscray, Victoria
Date of death 11 April 2000(2000-04-11) (aged 79)
Original team(s) West Footscray
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1943–44 Footscray 10 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1944.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Herbert Patrick Esse (14 May 1920 – 11 April 2000) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Esse served in both the Australian Army[2] and the Royal Australian Air Force[3] during World War II.

Notes

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  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 261. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "World War II Roll: Herbert Patrick Esse (Army)". Department of Veterans Affairs.
  3. ^ "World War II Roll: Herbert Patrick Esse (RAAF)". Department of Veterans Affairs.
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