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Herbert White (footballer)

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Herbert White
Personal information
Full name Herbert James White
Date of birth (1907-06-06)6 June 1907
Place of birth Preston, Victoria
Date of death 8 April 1944(1944-04-08) (aged 36)[1]
Place of death Prahran, Victoria
Original team(s) Northcote (VFA)[2]
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1926–1929 Melbourne 67 (27)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1929.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Herbert James White (6 June 1907 – 8 April 1944) was an Australian rules football player at the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Football

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In 1926, he became one of the club's premiership players, under the auspices of captain-coach Albert Chadwick.

White made his debut against St Kilda in Round 1 of the 1926 VFL season, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

He has been given the Melbourne Heritage Number of 439, based on the order of his debut for the club.[3]

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ "Family Notices". The Age. No. 27761. Victoria, Australia. 12 April 1944. p. 6.
  2. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  3. ^ "Heritage Numbers – 0 – 500". Melbourne Football Club. Archived from the original on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
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