Horrie Gorringe

Horrie Gorringe
Personal information
Birth 4 July 1895(1895-07-04), Tasmania
Death 17 July 1994(1994-07-17), Cygnet, Tasmania
Playing career¹
Debut 25 April 1914 [1], Cananore v.
North Hobart, at TCA Ground
Team(s)

Cananore
Career highlights

Horace Charles "Horrie" Gorringe was a Tasmanian Australian rules football player, considered one of the greatest Australian rules football rovers[2] in the game's history.[3] Horrie Gorringe was born on 4 July 1895 and died on 17 July 1994, aged 99.[4]

Gorringe played for the Cananore club in the Tasmanian Football League between the years 1914 and 1930. He was Club Champion in 1928, winning the Most Consistent award.[5] He played numerous matches at representative level for both the league and the state.

The "Horrie Gorringe Medal" was between 2002 and 2005 a brief replacement of the William Leitch Medal for the Best and Fairest footballer in Tasmania.[6] Gorringe was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2011.[7]

References

  1. ^ The Mercury (Tasmania), 27 April 1914
  2. ^ "Australian Football - The Companion to Tasmanian History". University of Tasmania __Centre for Tasmanian Historical Studies. http://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/A/Australian%20football.htm. Retrieved 2009-11-14. 
  3. ^ "Horrie Gorringe (Cananore)". www.fullpointsfooty.net. http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/TToC_forwards.htm#Left%20Forward%20Pocket%20-%20Horrie%20Gorringe%20%28Cananore%29. Retrieved 2009-11-14. 
  4. ^ "Headstone of Horace Charles (Horrie) GORRINGE". State Library of Tasmania. http://eheritage.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/resources/detail.aspx?f=letter%3dH%26page%3d685&TITLE=Headstone+of+Horace+Charles+%28Horrie%29+GORRINGE&ID=HUFH_05460. Retrieved 2009-11-14. 
  5. ^ The Mercury, 22 October 1928
  6. ^ "GLOSSARY". www.fullpointsfooty.net. http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/glossary.htm. Retrieved 2009-11-14. 
  7. ^ Seewang, Niall (9 June 2011). "Profile of Horrie Gorringe". Australian Football League. http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/115904/default.aspx. Retrieved 9 June 2011.