George Kanngieser

George Frederick Kanngieser (27 February 1912 – 27 January 1997) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

George Kanngieser
Kanngieser in 1935
Personal information
Full name George Frederick Kanngieser
Date of birth (1912-02-27)27 February 1912
Place of birth Collingwood, Victoria
Date of death 27 January 1997(1997-01-27) (aged 84)
Original team(s) Brunswick
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1935 Collingwood 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1935.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of Jonathan Anthony Kanngieser (1877-1952),[2] and Emily Letitia Kanngieser (1880-1916),[3] née Trinnear,[4] George Frederick Kanngieser was born in Collingwood on 27 February 1912. He married Mary Lorrane Cario Bennet in 1937.

Football

Collingwood (VFL)

Promoted from the Second XVIII, he played his only First XVIII match for Collingwood on 24 August 1935, against Melbourne.[5] Selected in the first ruck, in a drawn match — Collingwood 11.13 (79) to Melbourne's 10.19 (79) — "Kanngieser, for a newcomer, showed promise".[6]

Brunswick (VFA)

He was cleared from Collingwood to Brunswick Football Club, in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1937.[7]

Preston (VFA)

Having played for Brunswick in the 1938 Grand Final,[8], Kanngieser was cleared from Brunswick to Preston Football Club, also in the VFA, in 1939.[9]

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. 463. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. Deaths: Kanngieser, The Age, (Monday, 29 September 1952), p.7.
  3. Deaths: Kanngieser, The Argus, (Monday, 4 December 1916), p.1.
  4. Marriages: Kanngieser—Trinnear, The Age, (Saturday, 8 May 1909), p.7.
  5. Regan, Rumney, Froude Out, The Age, (Friday, 23 August 1935), p.9; League Teams: Collingwood, The Age, (Friday, 23 August 1935), p.9.
  6. Melbourne's Great Finish: Drawn Game at Collingwood, The Age, (Monday, 26 August 1935), p.6.
  7. Foster Cleared, The Argus, (Thursday, 8 April 1937), p.15.
  8. Players in Grand Final, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Friday, 19 August 1938), p.18.
  9. Ryan and Kinnear, The Age, (Wednesday, 19 April 1939), p.8; From Forward's Notebook, The Age, (Friday, 21 April 1939), p.7.
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