Horrie Gorringe

Horace Charles "Horrie" Gorringe was an Australian rules football player in Tasmania, and is considered one of the greatest rovers[3] in the game's history.[4][5] Horrie Gorringe was born on 4 July 1895 and died on 17 July 1994, aged 99.[6]

Horrie Gorringe
Gorringe with the Cananore FC
Personal information
Full name Horace Charles Gorringe
Date of birth (1895-07-04)4 July 1895
Place of birth Tasmania
Date of death 17 July 1994(1994-07-17) (aged 99)
Place of death Cygnet, Tasmania
Original team(s) Cananore
Debut 25 April 1914 [1], Cananore
vs. North Hobart, at TCA Ground
Height 172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb) [2]
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
1914–1930 Cananore
Career highlights

Gorringe played for the Cananore club in the Tasmanian Football League between the years 1914 and 1930. He was Club Champion in 1928, winning the Most Consistent award.[7] He played numerous matches at representative level for both the league and the state.

The "Horrie Gorringe Medal" was between 2002 and 2005 a brief replacement of the William Leitch Medal for the best and fairest footballer in Tasmania.[8] Gorringe was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2011;[9] he was the first and, as of 2014, only player who played his entire career in Tasmania to have been inducted.[10]

See also

Footnotes
  1. The Mercury (Tasmania), 27 April 1914
  2. Monotone Sporting Record, 4 August 1928
  3. "Australian Football - The Companion to Tasmanian History". University of Tasmania __Centre for Tasmanian Historical Studies. Retrieved 14 November 2009.
  4. Coventry, G., "Those Busy Rovers", The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 21 May 1938), p.8.
  5. "Horrie Gorringe (Cananore)". www.fullpointsfooty.net. Retrieved 14 November 2009.
  6. "Headstone of Horace Charles (Horrie) GORRINGE". State Library of Tasmania. Retrieved 14 November 2009.
  7. The Mercury, 22 October 1928
  8. "GLOSSARY". www.fullpointsfooty.net. Retrieved 14 November 2009.
  9. Seewang, Niall (9 June 2011). "Profile of Horrie Gorringe". Australian Football League. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  10. "The Australian Football Hall of Fame Players Inducted". Australian Football League. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
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