Harold Craven

Australian rules footballer and umpire

Australian rules footballer
Harold Craven
Personal information
Full name Thomas Harold Craven
Date of birth (1895-04-26)26 April 1895
Place of birth Geelong, Victoria
Date of death 26 November 1970(1970-11-26) (aged 75)
Place of death Prahran, Victoria
Original team(s) Newtown[1]
Height 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Position(s) Fullback
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1915, 1917–1924 Geelong 90 (17)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of Round 15, 2008.
Career highlights
  • Geelong Captain 1921-1922
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Thomas Harold Craven (26 April 1895 – 26 November 1970)[2] was a player for Geelong in the VFL between 1915 and 1924. He captained the club in 1921 and 1922.[3] Despite his small size, he played most of his career at full back.[2] He was a boundary umpire for two league games in 1931.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Geelong Beaten Again". Geelong Advertiser. Vic.: National Library of Australia. 26 July 1915. p. 6. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Harold Craven - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  3. ^ Geelong Football Club Honour Roll Archived 16 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Thomas Craven". AFLUA. Archived from the original on 10 September 2011.

External links

  • Harold Craven's playing statistics from AFL Tables
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Captains of the Geelong Football Club
Pre-VFA
  • 1859: Mason/Fraser/Rennie
  • 1860: Mason/Wills
  • 1861: Rennie/Tait
  • 1862: Greenfield/Harrison/Nicholls
  • 1863–1865: Nichols
  • 1866: Groom
  • 1867: Robertson/Wills/Bowden
  • 1868: Wills/Harrison/Bowden
  • 1869–1870: Arthur
  • 1871: Dickenson/Bowden
  • 1872: Wills/Arthur
  • 1873: Wills
  • 1874: Down
  • 1875: Day
  • 1876: Thomas
VFA
  • 1877: Down
  • 1878: Austin
  • 1879–1880: Wilson
  • 1881: Wilson/Austin
  • 1882: Wilson
  • 1883: Brownlow
  • 1884: Brownlow/Steedman
  • 1885: McLean
  • 1886: Hickinbotham
  • 1887: Talbot
  • 1888–1889: Hickinbotham
  • 1890: Baker
  • 1891: Parkin
  • 1892–1894: Houston
  • 1895: McShane
  • 1896: Burns
VFL/AFL
AFL Women's


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