Vic Cumberland

Harry "Vic" Cumberland
Personal information
Birth 4 July 1877(1877-07-04), Toorak
Height and weight 182 cm / 86.5 kg
Death 5 July 1927(1927-07-05) (aged 50),
Playing career¹
Team(s)

Career 1898–1901, 1903–1904, 1907–1908, 1912–1915, 1920

  • Games: 176 Goals: 87

Melbourne (1898–1901)

  • 50 games, 15 goals

St Kilda (1903–1904, 1907–1908, 1912–1915, 1920)

  • 126 games, 72 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 2005 season
Career highlights

Harold Vivian "Vic" Cumberland (4 July 1877–5 July 1927), also known as Harry Cumberland,[1] was an Australian rules footballer in the VFL and the SANFL.

Initially playing senior football in Tasmania, he then played with Melbourne from 1898. Later he had several periods at St Kilda starting in 1903. In 1905 and 1906 he spent time in New Zealand and played for the Auckland Imperial Football Club in the Australian Football League of Auckland. From 1909 to 1911 he played with Sturt in the SANFL, winning the league's Magarey Medal award as the fairest and most brilliant in his final year at the club.

Cumberland was immensely strong and a natural running ruckman. He was a strong mark and an excellent long kick, with the skill to grab the ball from the ruck and handpass to a team-mate.[2]

The oldest player to ever play VFL football at 43 years of age. He went to World War I and was wounded three times.[2] He died in a motorcycle accident in 1927.

Notes

  1. ^ Ross (1996), has him as "Vic Cumberland" at pp.41, 58, 59, 64, 82, 83, 104; yet, on pp.125, he has him as "Harry Cumberland" — and the entire set of pages is indexed on p.374 under "Harry Cumberland". Also see Full Points Footy Biography: Harry Cumberland where he is listed as "Harry Cumberland".
  2. ^ a b Ross, (1999), p.56.

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