Pat Descrimes

Pat Descrimes
Personal information
Full namePatrick Joseph Descrimes
Date of birth31 December 1877
Date of death6 January 1939 (aged 61)
Original teamNorth Carlton
Position(s)Follower
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1897-1900Fitzroy55 (18)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1900 season.
Career highlights
  • Fitzroy 1898 premiership player
  • Fitzroy 1899 premiership player

Patrick Joseph "Pat" Descrimes (31 December 1877 - 6 January 1939)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Descrimes debuted at Fitzroy in opening game of the inaugural VFL season in 1897 and went on to play four seasons for the club. He was a follower in Fitzroy's 1898 premiership team and a half forward flanker in their premiership side in 1899.[3]

Notes

  1. "MR. P. J. DESCRIMES.". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) (Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia). 7 January 1939. p. 10. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  2. Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  3. Some sources have Bert Sharpe in the 1899 premiership team instead of Descrimes but Sharpe was a late omission when his father died.

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