Harry Pye (footballer)

Harry Coupar Pye (10 August 1880 – 13 March 1953) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Harry Pye
Personal information
Full name Harry Coupar Pye
Date of birth (1880-08-10)10 August 1880
Place of birth Carlton, Victoria
Date of death 13 March 1953(1953-03-13) (aged 72)
Place of death St Kilda, Victoria
Original team(s) St Luke's
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1901–02 Carlton 16 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1902.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

He married twice. He married his first wife, Minnie Brown (-1950), on 8 January 1908.[2][3] They had two children. He married his second wife, Priscilla Humerston (1890-1968), in 1951, and became stepfather to her daughter.

Football

Carlton (VFL)

Recruited from a local church team, St Lukes, Pye played a total of 16 senior games for Carlton over two seasons: 14 games in 1901, and 2 games in 1902. He played in the first two matches in 1902 under new coach Jack Worrall, and then left the club — in round 3, Worrall made 8 changes (including new players) to the previous week's team, in which Pye had played his final match.[4]

Brighton (VFA)

He was cleared from Carlton to Brighton Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) on 30 April 1906.[5][6]

Death

He died at his residence in St Kilda on 13 March 1953.[7]

Notes
  1. Hornsby & Main (2014), p.724.
  2. Weddings: Mr. Harry C. Pye and Miss Minnie Brown, Table Talk, (Thursday, 23 January 1908), p.26; Silver Weddings: Pye—Brown, The Age, (Saturday, 7 January 1933), p.5.
  3. Deaths: Pye, The Age, (Friday, 1 September 1950), p.2.
  4. Round 3, 1902, Blueseum.
  5. Football, The Age, Tuesday, 1 May 1906), p.8.
  6. The Brighton Football Team (Association), The Leader, (Saturday, 27 June 1908), p.26; Brighton Football Club — Season 1906, The (Brighton) Southern Cross, (Saturday, 8 September 1906), p.4.
  7. Deaths: Pye, The Argus, (Saturday, 14 March 1953), p.18.

References
  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
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