Australian rules footballer
| Roy Harper | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Roy James Harper | ||
| Date of birth | (1929-03-29)29 March 1929 | ||
| Date of death | 15 August 2023(2023-08-15) (aged 94) | ||
| Original team(s) | Sandringham | ||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1949–51 | Sandringham (VFA) | ||
| 1952–55 | Footscray | 40 (26) | |
| Playing statistics correct to the end of 1955. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Roy James Harper (29 March 1929 – 15 August 2023) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
A centreman and half forward from Hampton, Harper started his senior career with Sandringham in the Victorian Football Association in 1949, and built a strong reputation as he won the Sandringham best and fairest in each of 1949 and 1951. He was cleared to Footscray in the VFL in 1952; he played 34 games in his first two seasons with Footscray, but only six games in from 1954 to mid-1955. He was cleared back to Sandringham in mid-1955, and played there again until 1957.
Harper's brother Bruce Harper was also an Australian rules footballer, who kicked 534 goals in 155 games for Sandringham and was a two-time VFA leading goalkicker.
Notes
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 366. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- Marc Fiddian (11 May 1980), "Zebra star recalled", VFA Recorder, Blackburn, VIC: Hall's Sporting Publicity, p. 5
- Dave Andersen (2 July 1955). "Sandringham has eyes on 'four'". The Argus. p. 34.
- "Bruce Harper". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
External links
- Roy Harper at AustralianFootball.com
- Roy Harper's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Roy Harper's playing statistics from The VFA Project