Harry Ralph

Harry Edward Ralph (21 May 1919 – 17 July 2004) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).[1]

Harry Ralph
Personal information
Full name Harry Edward Ralph
Date of birth (1919-05-21)21 May 1919
Place of birth Minnipa, South Australia
Date of death 17 July 2004(2004-07-17) (aged 85)
Original team(s) North Adelaide colts/reserves
Height 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Position(s) Half-back flank
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1939–41, 1944–46 Norwood 28 (4)
1945 Essendon 04 (0)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
1945 South Australia 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1946.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 1945.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ralph's career with Norwood was interrupted by his service in the Australian Army[2] and then the Royal Australian Air Force[3] during World War II. It was while serving in Melbourne with the RAAF that Ralph played four games for Essendon.

Ralph's last senior game for Norwood was their 1946 Grand Final victory over Port Adelaide, though he continued playing in the club's reserves until 1949. He later played for Cleve and coached various country football clubs, including Kingscote, Burra, Quorn, Orroroo and Bute.

Ralph worked as a manager for the State Bank of South Australia, retiring in 1980.

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. 728. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "World War II Service: Harry Edward Ralph (Army)". Department of Veterans Affairs.
  3. "World War II Service: Harry Edward Ralph (RAAF)". Department of Veterans Affairs.


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