Arthur Hart (footballer, born 1905)

Arthur Howie Hart (10 June 1905 – 12 May 1989) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Brunswick Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), and the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Arthur Hart
Personal information
Full name Arthur Howie Hart
Date of birth (1905-06-10)10 June 1905
Place of birth Beulah, Victoria
Date of death 12 May 1989(1989-05-12) (aged 83)
Place of death Mill Park, Victoria
Original team(s) Brunswick (VFA)
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1928–1929 St Kilda 34 (29)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1929.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

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The son of Adam Hart (1859-1941),[2] and Ellen Matilda "Nellie" Hart (1876-1933), née Collins,[3][4][5] Arthur Howie Hart was born at Beulah, Victoria on 10 June 1905.[6]

He married Minna Elizabeth Wilson (1907-2000) on 22 May 1931.[7]

Military service

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A schoolteacher at Mildura High School, he enlisted in the Australian Volunteer Defence Corps in March 1942.

Death

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He died at Mill Park, Victoria on 12 May 1989.

Notes

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References

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  • 'Victor', "First Kick at Fourteen; Playing Senior Football at Nineteen", The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 23 August 1924), p.8.
  • Ambition Achieved: Arthur Hart's Record, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 27 September 1930), p.74.
  • Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2014), The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.), Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5
  • World War Two Nominal Roll: Lieutenant Arthur Howie Hart (V361175), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
  • World War Two Service Record: Lieutenant Arthur Howie Hart (V361175), National Archives of Australia.
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