Hugh Purse

Hugh Purse
Hugh Purse
Personal information
Full name	Hugh L. Purse
Date of birth	2 October 1881
Date of death	Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.
Original team(s)	Brighton (VFA)
Position(s)	Half forward
Playing career1
Years	Club
1904–1915	Melbourne
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1915 season.
Career highlights
	Melbourne captain: 1908;

Hugh L. Purse (2 October 1881 – 6 September 1952) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Purse, originally from Victorian Football Association (VFA) club Brighton, was the younger brother of Melbourne's 1900 premiership player Jack Purse.^[1] Noted for his strong marking, Purse played many of his early games as a half forward.^[2] He represented Victoria at the 1908 Melbourne Carnival and was also club captain of Melbourne that year.^[3]

Purse returned to Brighton, as captain, in 1910, but came back to Melbourne for a final season in 1912 before retiring.^[4]^[5]

Purse's son, Hugh C. Purse, was a leading athlete who became an Australian Army officer and died from wounds inflicted at Tobruk in 1941.^[6]

Footnotes

This Australian rules football biography of a person born in the 1880s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.