Max Wheeler | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Geoffrey Maxwell Wheeler | ||
Date of birth | 21 May 1912 | ||
Place of birth | Coleraine, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 17 June 1941 | (aged 29)||
Place of death | Merdjayoun, French Lebanon | ||
Original team(s) | Ballarat Football Club | ||
Position(s) | Forward pocket | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1937 | Hawthorn | 1 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1937. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Geoffrey Maxwell Wheeler (21 May 1912 – 17 June 1941) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He played only one VFL game, against Melbourne. [1] [2]
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The son of Herbert John Wheeler (1877–1947), [3] [4] and Eliza Lousia Wheeler (1878–1975), née James, Geoffrey Maxwell Wheeler was born at Coleraine, Victoria on 21 May 1912. [5]
He married Margaret Isabel Lingham (1914-1998) in 1937. [6] They had three children: Maxine, Alan, and Mabel.
Wheeler topped the Ballarat - Wimmera FL goalkicking with 107 goals in 1936. [7]
Hawthorn managed to secure a permit from Ballarat for Wheeler to play on a Monday. [8] He played on a split round weekend in which the Hawks and Melbourne played at Glenferrie oval. The following week he was dropped and lined up in the reserves. A few weeks later while playing in the seconds Wheeler had his arm broken and that finished his season. [9]
Wheeler returned from Hawthorn and played with North Ballarat FC [10] and he topped the Ballarat Football League goalkicking in 1938 with 93 goals and in 1939, 93 goals.
In 1938, Wheeler kicked 17 goals in a match against the Ballarat CYMS FC. [11]
He enlisted in the Second AIF on 24 July 1940, and served in the 2/2 Pioneer Battalion. [1]
He was killed in action, at Merdjayoun, in French Lebanon, on 17 June 1941, serving with the Second AIF. [12] [1]
Max Wheeler | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Geoffrey Maxwell Wheeler | ||
Date of birth | 21 May 1912 | ||
Place of birth | Coleraine, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 17 June 1941 | (aged 29)||
Place of death | Merdjayoun, French Lebanon | ||
Original team(s) | Ballarat Football Club | ||
Position(s) | Forward pocket | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1937 | Hawthorn | 1 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1937. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Geoffrey Maxwell Wheeler (21 May 1912 – 17 June 1941) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He played only one VFL game, against Melbourne. [1] [2]
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The son of Herbert John Wheeler (1877–1947), [3] [4] and Eliza Lousia Wheeler (1878–1975), née James, Geoffrey Maxwell Wheeler was born at Coleraine, Victoria on 21 May 1912. [5]
He married Margaret Isabel Lingham (1914-1998) in 1937. [6] They had three children: Maxine, Alan, and Mabel.
Wheeler topped the Ballarat - Wimmera FL goalkicking with 107 goals in 1936. [7]
Hawthorn managed to secure a permit from Ballarat for Wheeler to play on a Monday. [8] He played on a split round weekend in which the Hawks and Melbourne played at Glenferrie oval. The following week he was dropped and lined up in the reserves. A few weeks later while playing in the seconds Wheeler had his arm broken and that finished his season. [9]
Wheeler returned from Hawthorn and played with North Ballarat FC [10] and he topped the Ballarat Football League goalkicking in 1938 with 93 goals and in 1939, 93 goals.
In 1938, Wheeler kicked 17 goals in a match against the Ballarat CYMS FC. [11]
He enlisted in the Second AIF on 24 July 1940, and served in the 2/2 Pioneer Battalion. [1]
He was killed in action, at Merdjayoun, in French Lebanon, on 17 June 1941, serving with the Second AIF. [12] [1]