Harry Crapper

Henry Sylvester Crapper (15 January 1905 – 28 December 1976) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Harry Crapper
Personal information
Full name Henry Sylvester Crapper
Date of birth (1905-01-15)15 January 1905
Place of birth Raywood, Victoria
Date of death 28 December 1976(1976-12-28) (aged 71)
Place of death Parkville, Victoria
Original team(s) Maryborough, Castlemaine
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1930–31 Melbourne 12 (6)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1931.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of Henry Crapper (1871-1952),[2][3] and Winifred Crapper (1875-1951), née Fitzgerald,[4] Henry Sylvester Crapper was born at Raywood, Victoria on 15 January 1905.

His brothers, Thomas Frederick "Fred" Crapper (1909-1976), Francis Gerald "Frank" Crapper (1911-1991), played VFL football with Richmond and North Melbourne, respectively.

He married Veronica Cecilia Carrodus (1906-1993) in 1935.

Football

Recruited by Melbourne from the Castlemaine Football Club in the Bendigo Football League in 1930,[5] he played his first senior game, against Footscray on 31 May 1930.[6]

He was a member of the Melbourne Second XVIII team that won the Grand Final, against Geelong on 10 October 1931.[7]

Military service

He served as a Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in World War II.

Death

He died at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in Parkville, Victoria on 28 December 1976.[8]

Notes
  1. Holmesby & Main (2009), p.179.
  2. Deaths: Crapper, The Herald, (Tuesday, 5 August 1952), p.10.
  3. Henry Crapper, The Advocate, (Thursday, 4 September 1952), p.14.
  4. Deaths: Crapper, The Age, (Monday, 9 April 1951), p.2.
  5. Riverina News: Maryborough, The Age, (Thursday, 27 February 193), p.14.
  6. Cutler and Crapper, The Sporting Globe, (Wednesday, 4 June 1930), p.9.
  7. League Second Eighteens: Melbourne Win Premiership, The Age, (Monday, 12 October 1931), p.15.
  8. Deaths: Crapper, The Age, (Wednesday, 29 December 1976), p.28.

References
  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  • World War Two Nominal Roll: Flight Lieutenant Henry Sylvester Crapper (12838), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
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