Hugh Murnane

Hugh Murnane
Personal information
Full name Hugh Richard Murnane
Born (1916-10-29)29 October 1916
St Arnaud, Victoria
Died 13 March 1974(1974-03-13) (aged 57)
Parkville, Victoria
Original team Rochester
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Position Centre Half Forward
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1937–40 Melbourne 52 (42)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1940.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Hugh Richard Murnane (29 October 1916 – 13 March 1974) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL), who was widely regarded as the recruit of the year in 1937.

Football

Murnane was recruited from Rochester Football Club in the Bendigo Football League and played 17 games in 1937, debuting in round one against Richmond at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Murnane played in Melbourne's 1939 Reserves VFL premiership side, interestingly alongside former Rochester team-mate, Adrian Dullard.

Military service

Murnane later served in the Australian Army for two years during World War II.

Death

He died at Parkville, Victoria on 13 March 1974.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Hugh Murnane - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Holmesby & Main (2009), p.604.
  3. ↑ "1937 - Murnane (Melb) Best New League Player". The Herald. 26 April 1937. p. 24. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "1937 - Richmond first to see Murnane". Sporting Globe. 5 May 1937. p. 1. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "1937 - Another giant for Melbourne". The Herald. 23 April 1923. p. 19. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "1939 - Melbourne Wins". The Argus. 29 September 1939. p. 15. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "World War II Roll: Hugh Richard Murnane". Department of Veterans Affairs.
  8. ↑ Deaths: Murnane, The Age, (Thursday, 14 March 1974), p.21.

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