Haydn Sharp

Haydn Sharp
Personal information
Full name Hayden Charles William Sharp
Born (1920-10-20)20 October 1920
Footscray, Victoria
Died 18 September 1998(1998-09-18) (aged 77)
Original team Parkside
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1939 Footscray 4 (4)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1939.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Haydn Sharp (20 October 1920 – 18 September 1998) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

He mainly played in the second eighteen, only playing four league games for the senior side but finished equal second in the Gardiner Medal in 1939.

He later served in the Royal Australian Navy at HMAS Moreton during World War II.

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. 805. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ↑ "News". Football Record (1st Semi Final): 20. 9 September 1939. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "World War II Roll:Hayden Sharp". Commonwealth of Australia. Archived from the original on 14 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.