Archie Swannie
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| Archie Swannie | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Archibald Ernest Swannie | ||
| Date of birth | 5 June 1875 | ||
| Place of birth | Emerald Hill, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 29 May 1941 (aged 65) | ||
| Place of death | Moreland, Victoria | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1897 | South Melbourne | 13 (4) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1897. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Archibald Ernest Swannie (5 June 1875 – 29 May 1941) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
The son of David Swannie (1828-1888),[2] and Mary Swannie (1836-1901), née Hassett,[3] Archibald Ernest Swannie was born at Emerald Hill, Victoria on 5 June 1875.
He married Alice Josephine Shea (1877-1920) at Tarrawingee, Victoria in November 1902.[4][5] They had three children; two sons and a daughter: John (b.1903), Doris (b.1907), and James (b.1908).
Football
Commencing his football career with Hawthorn (not the current AFL club),[6] he played a game for Melbourne in 1895,[7] before spending two years with South Melbourne (1896–1897), including their first year in the VFL.
In 1898 he returned to Hawthorn,[8] before moving to West Melbourne halfway through the season.[9]
Swannie is third player from right, front row.[10]
Port Melbourne (VFA)
He then moved to Port Melbourne for the 1899 VFA season,[11] and was a member of their 1901 premiership team.[10] His final game for Port Melbourne came at the end of the 1902 season, when it was reported that he was moving to Queensland.[12]
Sydney Naval (NSWANFL)
He played for Sydney Naval Football Club, in the New South Wales Australian National Football League (NSWANFL) for six seasons (1903-1908)[13] — for three of them, he was also the team's coach (1906-1908), winning the premiership in 1907[14][15] — and, also, over those six seasons, he played in six representative matches for New South Wales.[16][17][18]
Rescuer
He was awarded the bronze medal of the Royal Humane Society of Australasia on two occasions:
- 1899: For saving the life of Maud Fazackerly (1878-1949),[19] on 13 February 1899, who jumped into the Yarra River near Queen's Bridge in Melbourne.[20][21][22][23][24][25][26]
- 1900: For saving the life of Nicolson Lee, a school teacher, from drowning, at the Port Melbourne Railway Pier, on Christmas Day, 1899.[27][28]