Reg Whitehead

Joseph Reginald Whitehead (25 April 1899 – 25 December 1963) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Reg Whitehead
Whitehead in May 1925
Personal information
Full name Joseph Reginald Whitehead
Date of birth (1899-04-25)25 April 1899
Place of birth Richmond, Victoria
Date of death 25 December 1963(1963-12-25) (aged 64)
Place of death Heidelberg, Victoria
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb)
Position(s) Forward
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1921 Richmond 2 (2)
1925 Hawthorn 1 (0)
Total 3 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1925.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The eldest child of Joseph Whitehead (1868-1928),[2] and Margaret Amanda Whitehead (1867-1936),[3] née Smith, Joseph Reginald Whitehead was born in Richmond on 25 April 1899.

He married Beryl Mary Maunsell (1911-1980) on 28 December 1940.[4]

Cricket

A fast bowler, he played with the Richmond Cricket Club's First XI, in the District Cricket competition, over two seasons: 1920/1021 and 1921/1922.[5]

Football

Richmond (VFL)

Having played with South Melbourne Districts in 1919, Whitehead moved to Richmond where he topped the reserves goal-kicking tally in both 1920 and 1921.[6] He played two senior games for Richmond in the 1921 VFL season.

Camberwell (MDL)

He left to join Camberwell, then in the Melbourne Districts League. A good year in 1924, where he kicked 68 goals.[7]

Hawthorn (VFL)

He transferred to Hawthorn when they joined the VFL in 1925. He played at full forward in their first ever VFL match but was dropped after one week and did not play another senior VFL football match.

Camberwell (VFA)

In 1927 Whitehead was granted a permit to return to Camberwell.[8][9]

Tooronga (MAFA)

He played for the Tooronga Football Club in the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA) for two seasons: 1928 and 1929.[5]

Later life

Reg Whitehead worked as a trimmer for most of his life.

Military service

He served with the RAAF in World War II.[10]

Death

Whitehead died in the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital in 1963 and is buried at Springvale Botanical Cemetery.[11]

Notes
  1. Holmesby & Main (2009).
  2. Deaths: Whitehead, The Argus, (Tuesday, 4 December 1928), p.1.
  3. Deaths: Whitehead, The Age, (Tuesday, 11 August 1936), p.1.
  4. Personals, The Dandenong Journal, (Wednesday 15 January 1941), p.9.
  5. Hogan (1996), p.245.
  6. "Reg Whitehead". Tigerland Archive.
  7. "NOTES FROM THE CLUBS". The Argus. Melbourne. 3 April 1925. p. 6.
  8. "FOOTBALL CONTROL". The Argus. No. 25, 201. Victoria, Australia. 19 May 1927. p. 16.
  9. "Reg Whitehead". The VFA Project.
  10. "Salute to Tiger Anzacs". Richmond Football Club.
  11. "Joseph Reginald Whitehead". Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust.

References
  • Hogan P: The Tigers of Old, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1
  • 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: Leading Aircraftman Joseph Reginald Whitehead (126222), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
  • A9301, 126222: World War Two Service Record: Leading Aircraftman Joseph Reginald Whitehead (126222), National Archives of Australia.
  • A13859, 126222: World War Two Service Record: Leading Aircraftman Joseph Reginald Whitehead (126222), National Archives of Australia.
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