Harold Comte

Harold Comte
Personal information
Date of birth	10 March 1909
Date of death	30 May 1945(1945-05-30) (aged 36)
Place of death	Tarakan, Dutch East Indies
Original team(s)	Echuca
Height / weight	175 cm / 71 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1930–1937	St Kilda	104 (55)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1937.

Harold Comte (10 March 1909 — 30 May 1945) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL), and Sandringham in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) during the 1930s. He fought in World War II with the 2/24th Battalion, Second A.I.F., and was killed in action in the 1945 Battle of Tarakan.

Comte usually played as a rover or in defence. He won St Kilda's best and fairest in 1933.

References

Main, J. & Allen, D., "Comte, 'Harold' Henry", pp. 224–226 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen — The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. ISBN 1-74095-010-0

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