Artie McSpeerin
Artie McSpeerin | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Arthur Leo McSpeerin | ||
Date of birth | 26 February 1880 | ||
Place of birth | Carlton, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 1 May 1935 | (aged 55)||
Place of death | Wellington, New Zealand | ||
Original team(s) | Phoenix / Essendon Town | ||
Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1899 | Carlton | 2 (2) | |
1903 | Melbourne | 1 (0) | |
Total | 3 (2) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1903. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Arthur Leo McSpeerin (26 February 1880 – 1 May 1935) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club and Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
He also played District cricket for Collingwood and enlisted to serve in World War I but the war ended before he saw active duty.[2]
He died in Wellington, New Zealand after an accident with a fire engine.[3]
Notes[]
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 566. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ "Discovering Anzacs: Arthur Leo McSpeerin". National Archives of Australia.
- ^ "Deaths". Evening Post. Wellington, New Zealand. 1 May 1935. p. 1.
External links[]
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- Artie McSpeerin at AustralianFootball.com
Categories:
- 1880 births
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
- Carlton Football Club players
- Melbourne Football Club players
- 1935 deaths
- Road incident deaths in New Zealand
- Australian military personnel of World War I
- Australian rules biography, 1880 birth stubs