Gil Hendrie

Gil Hendrie
Personal information
Full name Gilbert John Hendrie
Date of birth (1901-07-15)15 July 1901
Place of birth Richmond, Victoria
Date of death 24 June 1968(1968-06-24) (aged 66)
Place of death Mornington, Victoria
Original team(s) Camberwell
Debut Round 1, 1925, Hawthorn
v. Richmond, at Glenferrie Oval
Height/Weight 185 cm / 84 kg
Position(s) Centre-half forward
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1925–27 Hawthorn 17 (9)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1927 season.

Gilbert John Hendrie (15 July 1901 – 24 June 1968) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

The fifth son of Thomas Bruce Hendrie and Alice Charlotte Ingram, Hendrie grew up in the Hawthorn area. A tall man for his era, he was a centre half-forward and originally played for Camberwell Football Club before transferring to Hawthorn when they joined the VFL. He played in 1925 and 1927 and was a prominent member of the team in Hawthorn's first ever VFL match.[2] He was also the grandfather of John Hendrie.[3]

Gil Hendrie married Isabella Victoria Deering in 1926[4] and after football he became a partner in Deering's Bakery in Camberwell before retiring to Mornington.[5] Gil Hendrie died in 1968 at the age of 66.[6]

Notes

  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "HAWTHORN'S INITIAL EFFORT.". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 4 May 1925. p. 9.
  3. "1972 – Year in Review.". Hawk Headquarters.
  4. "Family Notices.". Table Talk (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 12 August 1926. p. 47.
  5. "Footy Flashbacks.". Hawthorn Football Club.
  6. "Deaths.". The Age. 25 June 1968. p. 17.

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