Harry Selover

Harry Selover
Personal information
Full name Henry Thomas Selover
Date of birth (1898-07-24)24 July 1898
Place of birth South Yarra, Victoria
Date of death 18 May 2001(2001-05-18) (aged 102)
Place of death Carrum Downs, Victoria
Original team(s) South Yarra
Height 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 71 kg (157 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1919 Melbourne 3 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1919.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Henry Thomas Selover (24 July 1898 – 18 May 2001) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

The fourth and youngest child of William Henry Selover,[2] and Ellen Selover (1869-1943), née Vincent,[3][4] Henry Thomas Selover was born at South Yarra, Victoria on 24 July 1898.

He married Eileen Mary Ambrose (1902-1993) on 14 August 1924.[5] They had two children: Wendy Patricia Selover (1925-1999), later Mrs. George Henry Yates,[6][7][8][9] and Peter Vincent Selover (1929-2017).[10]

Death

He died at Carrum Downs, Victoria on 18 May 2001.[11]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby & Main (2009), p.800.
  2. ^ Deaths: Selover, The Argus, (Monday, 6 December 1920), p.1.
  3. ^ Marriages: Selover—Vincent, The Age, (Tuesday, 22 March 1892), p.1.
  4. ^ Deaths: Selover, The Argus, (Saturday, 24 July 1943), p.13.
  5. ^ Junior Carnival: Victorian Chances Favored, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Friday, 29 December 1922), p.3.
  6. ^ Births: Selover (Eileen Ambrose), The Age, (Saturday, 18 July 1925), p.7.
  7. ^ Brighton Girl in South Pacific Lead, The Age, (Friday, 7 November 1952), p.3.
  8. ^ She "Starred" In Fifty Shows . . Did You Notice?, The Sydney Morning Herald Women's Section, (Thursday, 10 September 1953), p.4.
  9. ^ Photograph of her 1953 wedding at: The Argus, (Monday, 8 June 1953), p.8.
  10. ^ Births: Selover, The Age, (Saturday, 28 December 1929), p.5.
  11. ^ "In 2001 Selover was discovered living in a Carrum nursing home. He was 102 years old, the oldest living league player and passed away not long after." (Demonwiki)

References

  • Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2009), The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.), Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4
  • Selover fills Bowling Breach, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 28 November 1925), p.6.</ref>


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