Arthur Pearson (footballer)

Arthur Pearson
Personal information
Full name Arthur Pearson
Date of birth (1896-02-11)11 February 1896
Place of birth Hawthorn, Victoria
Date of death 11 February 1963(1963-02-11) (aged 67)
Place of death Jordanville, Victoria
Original team(s) Hawthorn Juniors
Debut Round 1, 1925, Hawthorn
vs. Richmond, at Glenferrie Oval
Height / weight 184 cm / 83 kg
Position(s) Centre half-back
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1922–24
1925		 Hawthorn (VFA)
Hawthorn		 46 (54)[1]
6 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1925.

Arthur Pearson (11 February 1896 – 11 February 1963) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Born and raised in Hawthorn, Pearson was the youngest of the seven boys born to Nathaniel Knight Pearson and Jane Malcolm.

Pearson commenced his career with Hawthorn Juniors and joined Hawthorn for the 1922 season,[3] playing almost every game over the next three years. He stayed with the club when they entered the VFL in 1925 and played six matches, including being one of the better players in Hawthorn's first ever VFL match.[4] He retired at the end of the 1925 VFL season.

Arthur Pearson never married and worked as an engineer after his football career. He died in 1963.

Notes

  1. ↑ Gordon, Harry & Michael. One For All: the story of the Hawthorn Football Club. ISBN 978-1-921332-83-8.
  2. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  3. ↑ "GEELONG'S FIRST GAME.". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 8 May 1922. p. 7.
  4. ↑ "HAWTHORN'S INITIAL EFFORT.". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 4 May 1925. p. 9.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/25/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.