Spencer Hayman
| Spencer Hayman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Spencer Lewis Hayman | ||
| Date of birth | 6 January 1885 | ||
| Place of birth | Petersham, New South Wales | ||
| Date of death | 14 September 1946 (aged 61) | ||
| Place of death | Bendigo, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Scotch College | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1906 | Melbourne | 6 (0) | |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1906. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Spencer Lewis Hayman (6 January 1885 – 14 September 1946) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Family
[edit]The son of Henry Hunt Hayman (1855–1925),[2] and Rachel Hayman (−1913), née Solomon,[3][4] Spencer Lewis Hayman was born in Petersham, New South Wales on 6 January 1885.[5]
He married Agnes Lindsay Paltridge (1887–1962) on 22 January 1913.[6]
One of their children, Captain Peter Spencer Hayman (1916–1942), served in the Second AIF with the 2nd/24th Infantry, was awarded the Military Cross in 1941,[7] and was killed in action, in Libya, on 11 July 1942.[8][9]
Education
[edit]He attended Scotch College, Melbourne for four years (1897 to 1900), and played in the school's 1900 premiership-winning First XVIII.[10]
Football
[edit]North Adelaide (SAFA)
[edit]He was cleared from Melbourne to the North Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian Football Association (SAFA) in April 1910.[11]
Death
[edit]He died in Bendigo, Victoria, on 14 September 1946.[12][13]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.380.
- ^ Deaths: Hayman, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Saturday, 4 April 1925), p.16.
- ^ Deaths: Hayman, The Argus, (Thursday, 11 September 1913), p.1.
- ^ A Wife's Will: "So Long as He Remains Single", The Leader, (Saturday, 31 January 1914), p.38; Late Mrs. Hayman's Will: Explanation by Mr. Hayman, The (Port Melbourne) Standard, (Saturday, 31 January 1914), p.3
- ^ Births: Hayman, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Saturday, 28 February 1885), p.1.
- ^ Marriages, Hayman—Paltridge, The Argus, (Tuesday, 18 February 1913), p.1.
- ^ Victorian MC Winner, The Argus, (Thursday, 16 October 1941), p4.
- ^ Deaths on Active Service: Hayman, The Argus, (Thursday, 23 July 1942), p.2.
- ^ Tobruk Hero Killed, (Saturday, 25 July 1942), p.3; Roll of Honour: Captain Peter Spencer Hayman (VX14987), Australian War Memorial.
- ^ Great Scot (2010).
- ^ Footballers' Permits, The Argus, (Thursday, 28 April 1910), p.5.
- ^ Deaths, Hayman, The Argus, Monday, 16 September 1946), p.2; Deaths, Hayman, The Argus, Tuesday, 17 September 1946), p.2; Funeral Notices: Hayman, The Argus, Monday, 16 September 1946), p.15.
- ^ Obituary: Mr. S.L. Hayman, The Argus, (Monday, 16 September 1946), p4.
References
[edit]- Scotch's first 66 VFL/AFL Players, Great Scot, (September 2010), Scotch College, Melbourne.
- Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.), (Seaford), BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
External links
[edit]- Spencer Hayman's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Spencer Hayman at AustralianFootball.com
- Spencer Hayman profile at Demonwiki.