Arthur Hart (footballer, born 1905)
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Beulah, Victoria
Mill Park, Victoria
| Arthur Hart | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Arthur Howie Hart | ||
| Born |
10 June 1905 Beulah, Victoria | ||
| Died |
12 May 1989 (aged 83) Mill Park, Victoria | ||
| Original teams | Stawell,[1] Brunswick (VFA) | ||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1922–1923 | Stawell | ? (?) | |
| 1924–1927 | Brunswick | 44 (28) | |
| 1928–1929 | St Kilda | 34 (29) | |
| 1930–1937 | Stawell | ? (?) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1922. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Arthur Howie Hart (10 June 1905 – 12 May 1989) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Brunswick Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), and the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[3]
Arthur "Steve" Hart played senior football with Stawell in 1922, under captain-coach, Bill Twomey[4] and then played in Stawell's 1923 Wimmera Football League grand final side that lost to Warracknabeal.[5]
Hart then played with Brunswick from 1924[6] to 1927.[7]
Hart then spent two seasons with St. Kilda in 1928 and 1929.[8]
Hart was appointed as captain-coach of his former home town, the Stawell Football Club in 1930, when he gained a teaching position at the Stawell High School.[9]
Hart was captain-coach of Stawell when they won three Wimmera Football League premierships in 1930,[10] 1931[11] and 1933.[12]
Hart coached Stawell for eight successive years from 1930[13] to 1937,[14] including their grand final loss to Dimboola in 1937.[15]
In 1938, Hart's teaching career saw him move to Daylesford, where he joined the committee of the Daylesford Football Club.[16]
Family
Military service
A schoolteacher at Mildura High School, he enlisted in the Australian Volunteer Defence Corps in March 1942.
Death
He died at Mill Park, Victoria on 12 May 1989.