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Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer
Harvey Johnson
Personal information
Full name Harvey David Johnson
Date of birth (1907-08-26)26 August 1907
Place of birth Delegate, New South Wales
Date of death 6 October 1948(1948-10-06) (aged 41)
Place of death Drouin, Victoria
Original team(s) Toongabbie / Sale
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
1932 Hawthorn 14 (2)
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1932.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Harvey David Johnson (26 August 1907 – 6 October 1948) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Biography

Johnson was born in Delegate, New South Wales and played his early football in Gippsland, with Toongabbie. In 1926 he began playing for Sale in the Gippsland Football League, after the Toongabbie club became defunct.

Late in the 1927 season, Johnson was involved in controversy when prior to Sale's semi-final against Stratford it was revealed that he had made an appearance with another team during the season without a clearance, which prompted Sale to withdraw him from their team to avoid losing the game on protest. During an October meeting of Gippsland Football League delegates, Johnson admitted to playing, under an assumed name, with a club called the Stuart Mill, which was held in a competition outside the radius of the league. He was disqualified for the entire 1928 season.

Johnson, a follower, joined Hawthorn from Sale in the 1932 VFL season. His early appearances for Hawthorn showed promise and he did not miss selection for the first 12 rounds. Johnson ended up playing 14 games in what would be his only season of VFL football. He returned to Sale in 1933.

Following the Second World War, in which he served overseas, Johnson continued to live in Sale and made a living as a telephone linesman, for the Postmaster-General's Department. Johnson was one of three linesmen who died near Drouin on 6 October 1948, when the line they were taking down came into contact with a 2,200 volt high tension wire. He was killed instantly from the electric shock.

References

  1. "World War Two Nominal Roll (Johnson, Harvey David)". Government of Australia. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  3. "Football Opens". Gippsland Times. Vic. 26 April 1926. p. 3. Retrieved 4 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Cowwarr Competition". Traralgon Record (Morning ed.). Traralgon, Vic. 27 April 1926. p. 4. Retrieved 4 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Football Premiership". Gippsland Times. Vic. 12 September 1927. p. 5. Retrieved 4 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Gippsland Football League". Gippsland Times. Vic. 20 October 1927. p. 7. Retrieved 4 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "Hawthorn Pleased". Sporting Globe (Final ed.). Melbourne. 23 April 1932. p. 6. Retrieved 4 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "St. Kilda's "Reputation"". The Referee. Sydney. 11 May 1932. p. 16. Retrieved 4 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "AFL Tables – Harvey Johnson – Games Played". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  10. "Football Notes". Gippsland Times. Vic. 3 April 1933. p. 7. Retrieved 4 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. "Home Again". Gippsland Times. Vic. 21 December 1942. p. 1. Retrieved 4 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. "Sale Resident Killed". Gippsland Times. Vic. 7 October 1948. p. 1. Retrieved 4 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. "Three Linesmen Killed: Wire Hit Power Line". The Argus. Melbourne. 7 October 1948. p. 1. Retrieved 4 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. "Three P.M.G. Linesmen Killed By 22,000-Volt Charge". The Mercury. Hobart, Tasmania. 7 October 1948. p. 2. Retrieved 4 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

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