Bruce Hone

Lyle Bruce Mcpherson Hone (26 July 1913 – 13 June 1946) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Bruce Hone
Personal information
Full name Lyle Bruce Mcpherson Hone
Date of birth (1913-07-26)26 July 1913
Place of birth Brighton, Victoria
Date of death 13 June 1946(1946-06-13) (aged 32)
Place of death Prahran, Victoria
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1936–39 Brighton (VFA) 40 (32)
1940 Hawthorn 05 0(3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1940.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of Thomas Colin Hone (1883–1951),[2] and Margaret Pearl Hone (1888–1965), née Johnson, Lyle Bruce Mcpherson Hone was born at Brighton, Victoria on 26 July 1913.

He married Olive Maude Duell (1910–1985), later Mrs. Albert Eddy McGill, in 1937.

Military service

He enlisted in the Second AIF on 12 July 1941.

Death

He died at the Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria, on 13 June 1946.[3]

Notes

References

  • 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.
  • World War Two Nominal Roll: Sapper Lyle Bruce McPherson (VX59406), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
  • B883, VX59406: World War Two Service Record: Sapper Lyle Bruce McPherson (VX59406), National Archives of Australia.
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