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Reefton Spicer

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Reefton Spicer
Personal information
Full name Reefton Harry Adolphus Spicer
Date of birth (1898-07-17)17 July 1898
Place of birth South Yarra, Victoria
Date of death 22 April 1978(1978-04-22) (aged 79)
Place of death Brighton, Victoria
Original team(s) Richmond Districts
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1917–18 Richmond 3 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1918.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Reefton Harry Adolphus Spicer (17 July 1898 – 22 April 1978) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

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The son of Ernest Edward Spicer (1877-1936),[2] and Adelina Ann Elizabeth Spicer (1877-1943), née Bailhache,[3][4] Reefton Harry Adolphus Spicer, known as "Harry", was born at South Yarra, Victoria on 17 July 1898.[5]

He married Doris Annie O'Brien (1900-1974) in 1925.

Football

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Richmond (VFL)

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Recruited from Richmond Districts, he played on the wing and in the back-pocket for the Richmond Football Club — in one senior game in 1917, and in two senior games in 1918.[6]

Brunswick (VFA)

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Cleared from Richmond,[7] he played one senior game for the Brunswick Football Club in 1919.

Williamstown (VFA)

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He played four senior games for the Williamstown Football Club in 1920.

Death

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He died at Brighton, Victoria on 22 April 1978.[8]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.839.
  2. ^ Deaths: Spicer, The Age, (Tuesday, 11 August 1936), p.1.
  3. ^ Marriages: Spicer—Bailhache, The Age(Saturday, 26 November 1898), p.5: married at South Yarra on 31 August 1897.
  4. ^ Deaths: Spicer, The Argus, (Thursday, 3 June 1943), p.2.
  5. ^ He was named "Reefton" after his father's birthplace: his father was born at Reefton, in New Zealand, in 1877.
  6. ^ Hogan (1996), p.215.
  7. ^ Football, The Age, (Friday, 2 May 1919), p.9.
  8. ^ Deaths: "Spicer, Harry", The Age, (Monday, 24 April 1978), p.22.

References

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  • 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.
  • Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1
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