Cyril Steele

Cyril Steele
Personal information
Full nameHenry Cyril Augustus Steele
Date of birth11 June 1891
Place of birthAuburn, Victoria
Date of death18 January 1939 (aged 47)
Place of deathWerribee River
Original teamMelbourne Grammar School
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1910
1914
Total		Melbourne
University		3 (0)
1 (0)
4 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1914 season.

Henry Cyril Augustus Steele (11 June 1891 – 18 January 1939), commonly known as Cyril Steele, was an Australian rules footballer who played with University and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). His football career was cut short by the declaration of World War I, as he was sent to the Western Front with his three brothers. After his brothers were killed in action, he was sent home. Steele worked as a warehouseman and, after the war, he started his own company, Steele and Co. Pty. Ltd., which he was the managing director of.[1] In 1938, he was elected to the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce.[2] On 20 January 1939, Steele and his chauffeur, Alfred Jackson, were declared missing after the boat they were on "was apparently blown out to sea".[3] A search was held,[4] but his body was not recovered until four days later, on 24 January 1939.[5] He was survived by his wife and children, to whom he left his £141,460 estate.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "BODY IN SEA.". The Sydney Morning Herald (National Library of Australia). 23 January 1939. p. 12. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
  2. ↑ "CHAMBER OF COMMERCE". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848–1954) (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 9 August 1938. p. 7. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
  3. ↑ "SPEED BOAT MISSING". The Canberra Times (National Library of Australia). 20 January 1939. p. 4. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
  4. ↑ "No title.". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 20 January 1939. p. 1. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
  5. ↑ "SPEEDBOAT TRAGEDY.". The West Australian (Perth: National Library of Australia). 23 January 1939. p. 20. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
  6. ↑ "Drowning Victim Left £141,460 Estate". The Courier-Mail (Brisbane: National Library of Australia). 20 May 1939. p. 2. Retrieved 17 January 2011.

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