Harry Powell (footballer)

Harry Powell
Personal information
Full name Henry Powell
Date of birth (1878-07-22)22 July 1878
Place of birth Malvern, Victoria
Date of death 8 June 1930(1930-06-08) (aged 51)
Place of death St Vincent's Hospital,
Melbourne
Original team(s) Fitzroy Crescent
Height / weight 170 cm / 61.3 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1901–02 Carlton 8 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1902.

Henry "Harry" Powell (22 July 1878 – 8 June 1930) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Powell was killed in an accident at Croxton railway station in 1930, when he was crushed after falling between the train and the platform.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 674. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  2. ↑ "MAN CRUSHED BY TRAIN.". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 9 June 1930. p. 5. Retrieved 21 September 2014.

External links


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/17/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.