Joe Pearce (footballer)

For other people named Joseph Pearce, see Joseph Pearce (disambiguation).

Joe Pearce
Personal information
Birth	28 January 1885
Recruited from	South Bendigo
Height and weight	184 cm / 80 kg
Death	25 April 1915(1915-04-25) (aged 30), Gallipoli, Turkey
Playing career¹
Team(s)	Melbourne (1904–13) 152 games 5 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 1913 season

Arthur Mueller "Joe" Pearce (28 January 1885 – 25 April 1915) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was known during his playing career as Joe Pearce, possibly to avoid any anti-German prejudice that came with the name Mueller.

Pearce was a regular in Melbourne's backline from 1904 to 1913 and represented Victoria at the 1908 Melbourne Carnival. In 1914 he enlisted in the military and was killed the following year on the Gallipoli landing.^[1]

References

^ Hobbs, Greg (1984). 125 yrs of the Melbourne Demons. Progress Press Group. p. 151. ISBN 0959069402.

Main, J. & Allen, D., "Pearce, Joe", pp. 144–146 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen — The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. ISBN 1-740-95010-0

Persondata
Name	Pearce, Joe
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	28 January 1885
Place of birth
Date of death	25 April 1915
Place of death	Gallipoli, Turkey

Joe Pearce (footballer)

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