Claude Henry Rigby (9 January 1878 – 7 December 1924) was a pharmacist, and a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL), and with Richmond Football Club in the VFA.[1]
| Harry Rigby | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Claude Henry Rigby | ||
| Date of birth | 9 January 1878 | ||
| Place of birth | Kyneton, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 7 December 1924 (aged 46) | ||
| Place of death | Clifton Hill, Victoria | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1900–1902 | Carlton (VFL) | 29 (2) | |
| 1904 | Collingwood Juniors (VJFA) | ||
| 1905–1906 | Richmond (VFA) | ||
| 1907–1908 | Melbourne (VFL) | 27 (0) | |
| Total | 56 (2) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1908. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Family edit
The son of Dr. George Owen Rigby (1916),[2] and Frances Maria Rigby (1841-1926), née English,[3] Claude Henry Rigby was born at Kyneton, Victoria on 9 January 1878. He married Isabella Ellen Megson (1881-1952) in 1908.[4]
Football edit
He was a "fleet-footed, lightly framed wingman".[5][6]
Carlton (VFL) edit
Recruited from Kyneton, he played 29 games for Carlton Football Club over the three seasons, 1900 to 1902.
In 1900 he played for a VFL intra-state team, against a combined Ballarat Association team.[7]
He played his last game for Carlton against Fitzroy on 7 June 1902 (round 6); and, a week later, he turned out for Kyneton Collegians in the Kyneton District Football Association.[8]
Collingwood Juniors Football Club (VJFA) edit
In 1904 he was granted a clearance from both the Kyneton Football Club and Carlton to Collingwood Juniors Football Club in the Victorian Junior Football Association.[9][10]
Richmond (VFA) edit
Granted a clearance from Carlton in 1905,[11] he played for the Richmond Football Club in 1905 and 1906;[12][13] and, playing on the wing, was a member of the 1905 Richmond (VFA) premiership team.[14]
Melbourne (VFL) edit
He played 27 games for the Melbourne Football Club in two seasons, 1907 and 1908.
Death edit
A qualified pharmacist,[15] and although in poor health, Rigby died unexpectedly — "[as] the result of a severe attack of ptomaine poisoning"[16] — at his U.F.S. dispensary in Queens Parade, Clifton Hill, Victoria, on 7 December 1924.[17]
Notes edit
- ^ Holmesby & Main (2009), p.705.
- ^ Sad Motor Fatality, The Riverina Herald, (Tuesday, 29 August 1916), p.3; Deaths: Rigby, The Argus, (Monday, 28 August 1916), p.1.
- ^ The Bendigo Advertiser, (Thursday, 25 May 1865), p.2; Deaths: Rigby, The Argus, (Wednesday, 4 August 1926), p.1.
- ^ Deaths: Rigby, The Age, (Saturday, 5 July 1952), p.13.
- ^ Blueseum.
- ^ Despite several assertions to that effect (e.g., The (Melbourne) Herald, 8 December 1924, p.2.) and, although "fleet of foot", Claude Henry Rigby is not the Rigby that won the 1909 Stawell Gift; that was Harold Franklin Rigby of Burnie, Tasmania (The Stawell Gift: Burnie Man's Fine Win, The North Western Advocate and the Emu Bay Times, (Saturday, 17 April 1909), p.3.)
- ^ Football, The Ballarat Star, (Saturday, 14 July 1900), p.8; The Football Season, The Ballarat Star, (Monday, 23 July 1900), p.4.
- ^ Country Football, The Age, (Tuesday, 17 June 1902), p.7.
- ^ Football, The Age, (Thursday, 9 June 1904), p.8; Football, The Age, (Thursday, 16 June 1904), p.9.
- ^ Collingwood Juniors Football Club, Collingwood Forever.
- ^ The Football Season, The Argus, (Thursday, 4 May 1905), p.8.
- ^ Demonwiki.
- ^ Football, The Argus, (Tuesday, 25 April 1905), p.7.
- ^ Hogan (1996), p.284.
- ^ Pharmacy Board Examinations, The Age, (Thursday, 20 June 1918), p.7.
- ^ Noted Athlete: Death of Harry Rigby, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Monday, 8 December 1924), p.2.
- ^ Deaths: Rigby, The Age, (Monday, 8 December 1924), p.1.
References edit
- Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
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