Harry Weidner
Harry Weidner | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Norman Henry John Weidner | ||
Date of birth | 3 March 1907 | ||
Date of death | 29 January 1962 | (aged 54)||
Original team(s) | Warragul | ||
Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1926–1932 | Richmond | 96 (128) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1932. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Norman Henry John "Harry" Weidner (3 March 1907 – 29 January 1962)[1][2] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family[]
His cousin, Alexander Leslie "Les" Gallagher (1904-1973), also played VFL football for Richmond.
Football[]
Weidner was a half forward flanker from Warragul who kicked at least 25 goals every season from 1928 to 1931 and was Richmond's second top goal-kicker in the first of those years.[3] He represented the 1928 Victorian interstate team which defeated South Australia in Melbourne by nine points.[4]
He appeared in Richmond's 1927, 1928 and 1929 grand final losses and managed to kick two goals in both the 1928 and 1929 Grand Finals.[3][5] In total kicked 15 goals from the nine finals that he played during his career.[3] Richmond broke through for a premiership in 1932 but Weidner wasn't part of the success, having played his last game for the club in round 10.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Genealogy". Ancestry. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- ^ "Harry Weidner - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ^ a b c d "AFL Tables: Harry Weidner". afltables.com.
- ^ The Advertiser,"Inter-State Football", 27 August 1928, p. 10
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
- 1907 births
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
- Richmond Football Club players
- Warragul Football Club players
- 1962 deaths
- Australian rules biography, 1907 birth stubs