Harold de Gruchy

Harold Brinsley Sheridan De Gruchy (9 February 1881 – 13 August 1901) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Harold De Gruchy
Personal information
Full name Harold Brinsley Sheridan De Gruchy
Date of birth (1881-02-09)9 February 1881
Place of birth Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death 13 August 1901(1901-08-13) (aged 20)
Place of death Geelong, Victoria
Original team(s) Cumloden College
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1901 Melbourne 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1901.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The sixth son of Thomas De Gruchy (1825-1900),[2] and Catherine De Gruchy (1843-1918),[3] née Casey, Harold Brinsley Sheridan De Gruchy was born on 9 February 1881. He died on 13 August 1901.[4]

One of his older brothers, Bill de Gruchy, played one First XVIII match for Geelong in 1900.

Notes

  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 216. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. Deaths: De Gruchy, The Australasian, (Saturday, 9 June 1900), p.55.
  3. Deaths: De Gruchy, The Argus, (Saturday, 26 January 1918), p13.
  4. Deaths: De Gruchy, The Australasian, (Saturday, 17 August 1901), p.59.
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