Haydn Sharp

Haydn Sharp (20 October 1920 – 18 September 1998) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Haydn Sharp
Personal information
Full name Hayden Charles William Sharp
Date of birth (1920-10-20)20 October 1920
Place of birth Footscray, Victoria
Date of death 18 September 1998(1998-09-18) (aged 77)
Original team(s) Parkside
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1939 Footscray 4 (4)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1939.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

He mainly played in the second eighteen, only playing four league games for the senior side but finished equal second in the Gardiner Medal in 1939.[2]

He later served in the Royal Australian Navy at HMAS Moreton during World War II.[3]

Notes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 805. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "News". Football Record (1st Semi Final): 20. 9 September 1939. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  3. "World War II Roll:Hayden Sharp". Commonwealth of Australia.
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