Joe Slater | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Joseph Henry Slater | ||
Date of birth | 29 November 1888 | ||
Place of birth | Ballarat, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 3 May 1917 | (aged 28)||
Place of death | Bullecourt, France | ||
Original team(s) | United Methodists | ||
Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1906–1914 | Geelong | 108 (17) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1914. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Joseph Henry Slater (29 November 1888 – 3 May 1917) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League.
The son of sharebroker Henry Slater (1837–1906), [1] and Diana Slater (1854–1936), née Reynolds, Joseph Henry Slater was born in Ballarat, Victoria, on 29 November 1888. [2] He was engaged to Nellie Jean Wigley (1885–1943); [3] [4] [5] [6] she never married, and she died in Elsternwick, Victoria, on 22 April 1943. [7]
He was educated at Geelong College, where he was an outstanding cricketer, athlete, and footballer. [8]
A non-smoker and non-drinker, and an accomplished sprinter, [9] [10] Slater usually played as a defender, with stints in the midfield and up forward. [11] An all-round sportsman, Slater made 101 for Geelong 'B' against Kardinia in the First Eleven match in the G.C.A. season 1909/10.
He was named as a half-back flanker in Geelong's official Team of the Century. Good overhead, Slater twice represented Victoria at interstate football.
On 15 June 1912, Slater kicked a drop kick goal at Richmond's Punt Road Oval from the centre; it was measured at 85 yards (approx. 77.5 metres). [12]
Due to work commitments in Melbourne in 1913, Slater intended to play with VFL team University; however, he played several matches with Hawthorn in the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA); and, when playing against Collingwood District on 3 May 1913, he dislocated his collar bone, and he refused to leave the ground so his team wouldn't be one man short. [13] Slater eventually returned to Geelong that year. Former League Champion of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries Peter Burns wrote of Slater in 1940:
He left football at the outbreak of World War I in order to enlist; [15] he was Captain of the 22nd Battalion, and he lost his life during the conflict in Bullecourt, France. [16]
According to Main and Allen (2002, p. 178):
Joe Slater | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Joseph Henry Slater | ||
Date of birth | 29 November 1888 | ||
Place of birth | Ballarat, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 3 May 1917 | (aged 28)||
Place of death | Bullecourt, France | ||
Original team(s) | United Methodists | ||
Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1906–1914 | Geelong | 108 (17) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1914. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Joseph Henry Slater (29 November 1888 – 3 May 1917) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League.
The son of sharebroker Henry Slater (1837–1906), [1] and Diana Slater (1854–1936), née Reynolds, Joseph Henry Slater was born in Ballarat, Victoria, on 29 November 1888. [2] He was engaged to Nellie Jean Wigley (1885–1943); [3] [4] [5] [6] she never married, and she died in Elsternwick, Victoria, on 22 April 1943. [7]
He was educated at Geelong College, where he was an outstanding cricketer, athlete, and footballer. [8]
A non-smoker and non-drinker, and an accomplished sprinter, [9] [10] Slater usually played as a defender, with stints in the midfield and up forward. [11] An all-round sportsman, Slater made 101 for Geelong 'B' against Kardinia in the First Eleven match in the G.C.A. season 1909/10.
He was named as a half-back flanker in Geelong's official Team of the Century. Good overhead, Slater twice represented Victoria at interstate football.
On 15 June 1912, Slater kicked a drop kick goal at Richmond's Punt Road Oval from the centre; it was measured at 85 yards (approx. 77.5 metres). [12]
Due to work commitments in Melbourne in 1913, Slater intended to play with VFL team University; however, he played several matches with Hawthorn in the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA); and, when playing against Collingwood District on 3 May 1913, he dislocated his collar bone, and he refused to leave the ground so his team wouldn't be one man short. [13] Slater eventually returned to Geelong that year. Former League Champion of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries Peter Burns wrote of Slater in 1940:
He left football at the outbreak of World War I in order to enlist; [15] he was Captain of the 22nd Battalion, and he lost his life during the conflict in Bullecourt, France. [16]
According to Main and Allen (2002, p. 178):