George Arnott

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George Arnott
Personal information
Full name Gervais Colquhoun Arnott
Born (1901-06-30)30 June 1901
Flemington, Victoria
Died 5 September 1985(1985-09-05) (aged 84)
Williamstown, Victoria
Original team Maryborough
Height 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1927 Hawthorn 10 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1927.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Gervais Colquhoun 'George' Arnott (30 June 1901 – 5 September 1985) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Early life

The fifth of six children born to Arthur Edward Arnott (1862–1945)[2] and Grace Colquhoun (1866–1943),[3] Gervais Colquhoun Arnott was born on 30 June 1901 at Flemington in inner northern Melbourne.

Football

Arnott commenced in football career in Maryborough, initially playing for the Railways team and then being part of Maryborough’s premiership sides in the Ballarat Football League in 1924 and 1925.[4]

Arnott joined Hawthorn from Maryborough at the beginning of the 1927 season.[5] He played ten VFL games at Hawthorn, acquitting himself well on his debut against St. Kilda.[6] Arnott played at full back for the first five games of the season before being injured against Carlton[7] and missing the next two games. He returned for Rounds 8-10 but was then dropped to the reserves[8] before playing two further games near the end of the season on the half-forward line.[9]

After only one season with Hawthorn, Arnott moved to Dimboola in the Wimmera where he played for local team in the Wimmera League under Leo Wescott.[10]

Arnott subsequently returned to playing in the Ballarat League before returning to senior football in 1931 when he transferred to VFA side Williamstown. Despite being named as an emergency the week after receiving a permit[11] he never made a senior appearance for Williamstown.

War Service

Arnott later served in the Australian Army for two and a half years during World War II, spending some time in Egypt as part of the 9th Division Engineers.[12]

Later life

In 1931, Gervais Arnott married Bridget Theresa O’Brien (1901–1982) and they lived in the Williamstown area for their whole married life. Gervais Colquhoun Arnott died at Williamstown on 5 September 1985 and is buried with his wife at Altona Memorial Park.[13]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "Family Notices". The Age. No. 28291. Victoria, Australia. 26 December 1945. p. 7.
  3. ^ "Family Notices". The Age. No. 27, 465. Victoria, Australia. 30 April 1943. p. 5.
  4. ^ "COUNTRY FINALS". The Age. No. 21, 992. Victoria, Australia. 28 September 1925. p. 15.
  5. ^ "FOOTBALL". The Argus. No. 25, 172. Victoria, Australia. 14 April 1927. p. 4.
  6. ^ "FOOTBALL". The Argus. No. 25, 186. Victoria, Australia. 2 May 1927. p. 16.
  7. ^ "LEAGUE SCARS Fewer Players on Injured List". The Sun News-Pictorial. No. 1472. Victoria, Australia. 1 June 1927. p. 23.
  8. ^ "PLAYERS FOR TOMORROW". The Herald. No. 15, 643. Victoria, Australia. 8 July 1927. p. 13.
  9. ^ "CLUB NOTES". The Age. No. 22, 562. Victoria, Australia. 29 July 1927. p. 7.
  10. ^ "Wimmera League Football, 1928 -- Dimboola Team". Weekly Times. No. 3180. Victoria, Australia. 8 September 1928. p. 47.
  11. ^ "EXCITING FINISH". Williamstown Chronicle. No. 4428. Victoria, Australia. 11 July 1931. p. 3.
  12. ^ "World War II Service: Arnott, Gervais Colquhoun". Department of Veterans Affairs.
  13. ^ "Gervais Colquhoun Arnott". Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust.


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