Spencer Hayman

Spencer Lewis Hayman (6 January 1885 – 14 September 1946) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Spencer Hayman
Personal information
Full name Spencer Lewis Hayman
Date of birth (1885-01-06)6 January 1885
Place of birth Petersham, New South Wales
Date of death 14 September 1946(1946-09-14) (aged 61)
Place of death Bendigo, Victoria
Original team(s) Scotch College
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1906 Melbourne 6 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1906.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of Henry Hunt Hayman (1855–1925),[2] and Rachel Hayman (−1913), née Solomon,[3][4] Spencer Lewis Hayman was born in Petersham, New South Wales on 6 January 1885.[5]

He married Agnes Lindsay Paltridge (1887–1962) on 22 January 1913.[6]

One of their children, Captain Peter Spencer Hayman (1916–1942), served in the Second AIF with the 2nd/24th Infantry, was awarded the Military Cross in 1941,[7] and was killed in action, in Libya, on 11 July 1942.[8][9]

Education

He attended Scotch College, Melbourne for four years (1897 to 1900), and played in the school's 1900 premiership-winning First XVIII.[10]

Football

North Adelaide (SAFA)

He was cleared from Melbourne to the North Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian Football Association (SAFA) in April 1910.[11]

Death

He died in Bendigo, Victoria, on 14 September 1946.[12][13]

Notes
  1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.380.
  2. Deaths: Hayman, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Ssaturday, 4 April 1925), p.16.
  3. Deaths: Hayman, The Argus, (Thursday, 11 September 1913), p.1.
  4. A Wife's Will: "So Long as He Remains Single", The Leader, (Saturday, 31 January 1914), p.38; Late Mrs. Hayman's Will: Explanation by Mr. Hayman, The (Port Melbourne) Standard, (Saturday, 31 January 1914), p.3
  5. Births: Hayman, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Saturday, 28 February 1885), p.1.
  6. Marriages, Hayman—Paltridge, The Argus, (Tuesday, 18 February 1913), p.1.
  7. Victorian MC Winner, The Argus, (Thursday, 16 October 1941), p4.
  8. Deaths on Active Service: Hayman, The Argus, (Thursday, 23 July 1942), p.2.
  9. Tobruk Hero Killed, (Saturday, 25 July 1942), p.3; Roll of Honour: Captain Peter Spencer Hayman (VX14987), Australian War Memorial.
  10. Great Scot (2010).
  11. Footballers' Permits, The Argus, (Thursday, 28 April 1910), p.5.
  12. Deaths, Hayman, The Argus, Monday, 16 September 1946), p.2; Deaths, Hayman, The Argus, Tuesday, 17 September 1946), p.2; Funeral Notices: Hayman, The Argus, Monday, 16 September 1946), p.15.
  13. Obituary: Mr. S.L. Hayman, The Argus, (Monday, 16 September 1946), p4.

References
  • Scotch's first 66 VFL/AFL Players, Great Scot, (September 2010), Scotch College, Melbourne.
  • Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.), (Seaford), BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
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