George Hastings (footballer)
George Hastings | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | George Albert Hastings | ||
Date of birth | 13 January 1877 | ||
Place of birth | Belfast, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 29 January 1956 | (aged 79)||
Place of death | Leongatha, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | North Melbourne (VFA) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1897–1904 | Essendon | 107 (25) | |
Umpiring career | |||
Years | League | Role | Games |
1905–10 | VFL | Field umpire | 8 |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1904. | |||
Career highlights | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
George Albert Hastings (13 January 1877 – 29 January 1956) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon Football Club in the early years of the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Hastings usually played on the wing but was also a centreman at times. A member of Essendon's inaugural premiership team in 1897 and again in 1901, Hastings also played in losing Grand Final sides in 1898 and 1902. He represented the Victorian interstate team against South Australia in 1903. His career ended when he began suffering from rheumatic fever and he later returned to the VFL as an umpire.[2]
References[]
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 376. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ "Player-umpires". AFL Umpires Association. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
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- George Hastings's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Essendon Football Club profile
Categories:
- 1877 births
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
- Essendon Football Club players
- Essendon Football Club Premiership players
- North Melbourne Football Club (VFA) players
- Australian Football League umpires
- 1956 deaths
- Two-time VFL/AFL Premiership players
- Australian rules biography, 1870s birth stubs