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Tommy Lamprell

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Tommy Lamprell
Personal information
Full name Thomas Jubilee Burnett Lamprell
Date of birth (1887-06-08)8 June 1887
Place of birth Mount Prospect, Victoria
Date of death 25 August 1937(1937-08-25) (aged 50)
Place of death Fitzroy, Victoria
Original team(s) North Lyell
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1910 St Kilda 1 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1910.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Thomas Jubilee Burnett Lamprell (8 June 1887 – 25 August 1937) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

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The son of Charles Lamprell (–1898),[2] and Jane Lamprell (−1906), née Searle,[3] Thomas Jubilee Burnett Lamprell was born at Mount Prospect, in Victoria, on 8 June 1887.

Marriages

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He married Blanche Lamprell on 28 December 1909; they were divorced in 1922.[4][5]

He married Ettie May Clark (−1929) in 1923.[6]

He married Laura Isobel McLeod in 1934.

Football

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St Kilda (VFL)

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Granted a clearance from North Lyell Football Club in Tasmania to St Kilda on 18 May 1910,[7] he played his single match for St Kilda, against Collingwood, on 21 May 1910.[8]

Footscray (VFA)

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He played 11 matches for Footscray in two seasons (1910, 1911).

Williamstown (VFA)

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He played for Williamstown after crossing from Footscray during 1911 and in the first four matches of the 1912 season. He played a total of 11 games and kicked 6 goals for 'Town.

On 25 May 1912, "Observer", the football correspondent of The Williamstown Chronicle, reported that, "Lamprell has displeased the committee and will consequently 'stand down' for a while".[9]

Death

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He died at St Vincent's Hospital in Fitzroy on 25 August 1937.[10]

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. 497. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ In Memoriam: Lamprell, The Age, (Monday, 25 November 1918), p.1.
  3. ^ Deaths: Lamprell, (Monday, 26 November 1906), p.1.
  4. ^ Divorce Court, The Argus, (Tuesday, 28 March 1922), p.8.
  5. ^ An Unhappy Marriage: Husband's Strange Request, The Age, (Tuesday, 28 March 1922), p.7.
  6. ^ Deaths: Lamprell, The Age, (Wednesday, 14 August 1929), p.1.
  7. ^ Football: Players' Permits, The Argus, (Thursday, 19 May 1910), p.5.
  8. ^ Lyell, The Zeehan and Dundas Herald, (Thursday, 26 May 1910), p.4.
  9. ^ Football Notes, The Williamstown Chronicle, (Saturday, 25 May 1912), p.3.
  10. ^ Deaths: Lamprell, The Age, (Friday, 27 August 1937), p.1.
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