George Vautin

George Vautin
George Vautin
Personal information
Full name	George James Phillips Vautin
Date of birth	23 April 1869
Place of birth	Orielton, Tasmania
Date of death	9 January 1949 (aged 79)
Place of death	East Melbourne, Victoria
Original team(s)	City (Hobart)
Playing career1
Years	Club
1892–1896	Essendon (VFA)
1897–1898	Essendon
Total
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1898.
Career highlights
	VFA premiership player 1892-1894; VFL premiership player: 1897;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

George James Phillips Vautin (23 April 1869 – 9 January 1949) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family[]

Vautin was born in Orielton, Tasmania and died in the Mercy Hospital in East Melbourne.^[2]

Footaball[]

Vautin was from Tasmania and played at the City Football Club in Hobart. A rover, he represented his league in 1889 in an away series in Victoria, impressing the Essendon recruiters who signed him up for the 1892 VFA season. The VFL began in 1897 and Vautin was a member of the inaugural premiership side.

He was also a cricketer, playing a first-class match for Tasmania in 1889/90 and another for Victoria in 1894/95.

Notes[]

^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.909.
^ "Family Notices". The Argus. No. 31, 937. Melbourne, Victoria. 11 January 1949. p. 9.

References[]

'Follower', "The Footballers' Alphabet", The Leader, (Saturday, 23 July 1898), p.17.
Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5
Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8

External links[]

George Vautin's playing statistics from AFL Tables
George Vautin at AustralianFootball.com
Cricket Archive page for George Vautin
The Tasmanian Mail, 7 May 1892

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[1] Holmesby & Main (2014), p.909.

[2] "Family Notices". The Argus. No. 31, 937. Melbourne, Victoria. 11 January 1949. p. 9.

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