Horrie Gorringe

Horrie Gorringe
Personal information
Full nameHorace Charles Gorringe
Date of birth4 July 1895
Place of birthTasmania
Date of death17 July 1994 (aged 99)
Place of deathCygnet, Tasmania
Debut25 April 1914 [1], Cananore
v. North Hobart, at TCA Ground
Playing career
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1914-1930Cananore
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] he was the first and, as of 2014, only player who played his entire career in Tasmania to have been inducted.[8]

References

  1. ↑ The Mercury (Tasmania), 27 April 1914
  2. ↑ "Australian Football - The Companion to Tasmanian History". University of Tasmania __Centre for Tasmanian Historical Studies. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
  3. ↑ "Horrie Gorringe (Cananore)". www.fullpointsfooty.net. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
  4. ↑ "Headstone of Horace Charles (Horrie) GORRINGE". State Library of Tasmania. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
  5. ↑ The Mercury, 22 October 1928
  6. ↑ "GLOSSARY". www.fullpointsfooty.net. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
  7. ↑ Seewang, Niall (9 June 2011). "Profile of Horrie Gorringe". Australian Football League. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  8. ↑ "The Australian Football Hall of Fame Players Inducted". Australian Football League. Retrieved 9 October 2014.