Pat Descrimes

Pat Descrimes

Descrimes in 1899
Personal information
Full name Patrick Joseph Descrimes
Date of birth 31 December 1877
Date of death 6 January 1939(1939-01-06) (aged 61)
Original team(s) North Carlton
Position(s) Follower
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1897–1900 Fitzroy 55 (18)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1900.
Career highlights
  • Fitzroy 1898 premiership player
  • Fitzroy 1899 premiership player

Patrick Joseph "Pat" Descrimes (31 December 1877 – 6 January 1939)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Descrimes debuted at Fitzroy in opening game of the inaugural VFL season in 1897 and went on to play four seasons for the club. He was a follower in Fitzroy's 1898 premiership team and a half forward flanker in their premiership side in 1899.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ "MR. P. J. DESCRIMES.". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 7 January 1939. p. 10. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  2. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  3. ↑ Some sources have Bert Sharpe in the 1899 premiership team instead of Descrimes but Sharpe was a late omission when his father died.


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