Harry Lack

Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer
Harry Lack
Personal information
Full name Henry Walpole Lack
Date of birth (1927-10-31)31 October 1927
Place of birth Myrtleford, Victoria
Date of death 20 July 2009(2009-07-20) (aged 81)
Place of death Nelson Bay, New South Wales
Original team(s) Myrtleford
Height 179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1952 Melbourne 3 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1952.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Henry Walpole Lack (31 October 1927 – 20 July 2009) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1][2]

Family

The son of Raymond Tilston Lack (1892-1973),[3] and Alice Matilda Rose Lack (1884-1974), née Walpole,[4] Henry Walpole Lack was born at Myrtleford, Victoria, on 31 October 1927.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Holmesby & Main (2009), p.466.
  2. ^ Demonwiki.
  3. ^ First World War Service Record: Lance Corporal Raymond Tilston Lack (3314), National Archives of Australia.
  4. ^ Wedding, The Yackandandah Times, (Friday, 18 May 1923), p.4.

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.
  • Two Recruits in Demons' Team, The Age, (Friday, 2 May 1952), p.13.
  • Monks, John, "He Didn't Lack It", The Sporting Globe, (Wednesday, 7 May 1952), p.1.
  • Fresh Blood for Demons (Photograph), The Herald, (Friday, 27 March 1953), p.20.
  • Harry Lack's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  • Harry Lack at AustralianFootball.com
  • Harry Lack, at Demonwiki.