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Australian rules footballer
Richard Head
Personal information
Full name Henry Richard Head
Nickname(s) Dick
Date of birth (1887-04-03)3 April 1887
Place of birth Adelaide, South Australia
Date of death 23 December 1940(1940-12-23) (aged 53)
Place of death The Broadway, Glenelg, South Australia
Original team(s) West Adelaide
Position(s) Centre
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
1906–20 West Adelaide 143 (18)
1921 Sturt 4 (8)
1922–23 Glenelg 7 (3)
Total 154 (22)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
South Australia 17
Coaching career
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
1922–23 Glenelg 28 (0–28–0)
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1923.
Career highlights
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Henry Richard Head (3 April 1887 – 20 December 1940 in Adelaide, South Australia), was an Australian rules football player who played 143 games with West Adelaide in the South Australian Football League (SAFL).

Career

Head made his league debut in 1906 as a teenager, and, in 1909, became just the second ever West Adelaide player to win a Magarey Medal, following on from teammate James Tierney's win in 1908.

The Register described him as a deserving winner of the award. "The one man who shone above all others was Head, West Adelaide's centre pivot", the paper reported. "In nearly every match in which the red-and-blacks took part he was the best of the 36. On the ground he was too clever for all opponents, and in the air about the only player who eclipsed him was Hutton, of Norwood. Much of the success which West Adelaide achieved was due to his wonderful skill, resourcefulness and judgment, with which he associated considerable speed, absolute unselfishness and a gentlemanly demeanor. If anybody deserves the Magarey medal, Head does."

He was appointed club captain in 1913 and also captained the South Australia interstate side that year. Head was chosen to represent South Australia more often than not during his career, playing 17 games in total for his state.

In 1921, Head crossed to Sturt, but he managed just four games before announcing his retirement. He returned to the league, however, the following season as a non-playing coach at Glenelg, and with the side struggling, he took the field for seven games that year to finish with a total of 154 SAFL games. Head continued as Glenelg coach in 1923, his last season of coaching in the SANFL.

Several years after quitting active involvement with football, Head returned as a member of the first Umpires Appointment Board in 1931 alongside other well known figures, such as Vic Richardson, and later became chairman. Head was still serving football in that capacity when he died on 23 December 1940 at the age of 53.

In 2002, Head was one of the 113 inaugural inductees into the South Australian Football Hall of Fame, and he is also a member of the West Adelaide Hall of Fame.

References

  1. The Register, 20 September 1909
  2. "Glenelg Strengthened – "Dick" Head Will Strip". The Mail (Adelaide). 24 February 1923. p. 9. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  3. SANFL Hall of Fame – H.R. (Dick) Head

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Magarey Medal winners
The Magarey Medal has been awarded since 1898 to the "best and most brilliant" player in the South Australian National Football League and its various incarnations.
West Adelaide Football Club • Team of the Centuries
Full-forward
Half-forward
Centre
Half-back
Full-back
Ruck
Interchange
Emergency
Coach
Coaches of the Glenelg Football Club
South Australian team – 1912 Interstate matches
Victoria 14.13 (97) def South Australia 10.10 (70), at Melbourne Cricket Ground, 6 July 1912
South Australia 9.8 (62) def Victoria 6.7 (43), at Adelaide Oval, 10 August 1912
Both games
First game only
  • Callinan
  • Keen
  • B. Leahy
  • Oakley
Second game only
Managers:
South Australian team – 1913 Interstate matches
Victoria 10.9 (69) def South Australia 7.13 (55), at Adelaide Oval, 12 July 1913, crowd: 15,000
Victoria 16.12 (108) d South Australia 6.17 (53), at Melbourne Cricket Ground, 16 August 1913
Both games
First game only
Second game only
South Australian Team – 1914 Australian National Football Carnival
South Australia 12.16 (88) d Western Australia 12.11 (83), at Sydney Cricket Ground, 5 August 1914
South Australia 32.18 (210) d Queensland 2.9 (21), at Sydney Cricket Ground, 7 August 1914
South Australia 16.20 (106) d New South Wales 10.3 (63), at Sydney Cricket Ground, 10 August 1914
South Australia 18.23 (131) d Tasmania 5.7 (37), at Sydney Cricket Ground, 12 August 1914
Victoria 11.11 (77) defeated South Australia 5.10 (44), at Sydney Cricket Ground, 15 August 1914, crowd: 12,000
Referee Medal: John Robertson
Manager: Mr. J. Hodge
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