Harvey Johnson (Australian footballer)

Harvey Johnson
Personal information
Full name Harvey David Johnson
Date of birth (1907-08-26)26 August 1907
Place of birth Delegate, New South Wales[1]
Date of death 6 October 1948(1948-10-06) (aged 41)
Place of death Drouin, Victoria
Original team(s) Toongabbie / Sale
Height / weight 180 cm
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1932 Hawthorn 14 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1932.

Harvey David Johnson (26 August 1907 – 6 October 1948) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Biography

Johnson was born in Delegate, New South Wales and played his early football in Gippsland, with Toongabbie.[3] In 1926 he began playing for Sale in the Gippsland Football League, after the Toongabbie club became defunct.[4]

Late in the 1927 season, Johnson was involved in controversy when prior to Sale's semi-final against Stratford it was revealed that he had made an appearance with another team during the season without a clearance, which prompted Sale to withdraw him from their team to avoid losing the game on protest.[5] During an October meeting of Gippsland Football League delegates, Johnson admitted to playing, under an assumed name, with a club called the Stuart Mill, which was held in a competition outside the radius of the league.[6] He was disqualified for the entire 1928 season.[6]

Johnson, a follower, joined Hawthorn from Sale in the 1932 VFL season.[7] His early appearances for Hawthorn showed promise and he didn't miss selection for the first 12 rounds.[8][9] Johnson ended up playing 14 games in what would be his only season of VFL football.[9] He returned to Sale in 1933.[10]

Following the war, in which he served overseas, Johnson continued to live in Sale and made a living as a telephone linesman, for the Postmaster-General's Department.[11][12] Johnson was one of three linesmen who died near Drouin on 6 October 1948, when the line they were taking down came into contact with a 2,200 volt high tension wire.[13] He was killed instantly from the electric shock.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "World War Two Nominal Roll (Johnson, Harvey David)". Government of Australia. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  2. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  3. ↑ "Football Opens.". Gippsland Times. Vic.: National Library of Australia. 26 April 1926. p. 3. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Cowwarr Competition.". Traralgon Record. Traralgon, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 27 April 1926. p. 4 Edition: Morning. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Football Premiership.". Gippsland Times. Vic.: National Library of Australia. 12 September 1927. p. 5. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Gippsland Football League.". Gippsland Times. Vic.: National Library of Australia. 20 October 1927. p. 7. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "Hawthorn Pleased.". Sporting Globe. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 23 April 1932. p. 6 Edition: Final Edition. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "St. Kilda's "Reputation".". The Referee. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 11 May 1932. p. 16. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  9. 1 2 "AFL Tables – Harvey Johnson – Games Played". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  10. ↑ "Football Notes.". Gippsland Times. Vic.: National Library of Australia. 3 April 1933. p. 7. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  11. ↑ "Home Again.". Gippsland Times. Vic.: National Library of Australia. 21 December 1942. p. 1. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  12. ↑ "Sale Resident Killed.". Gippsland Times. Vic.: National Library of Australia. 7 October 1948. p. 1. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  13. ↑ "Three Linesmen Killed: Wire Hit Power Line.". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 7 October 1948. p. 1. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  14. ↑ "Three P.M.G. Linesmen Killed By 22,000-Volt Charge.". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 7 October 1948. p. 2. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
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