Harry Rigby (footballer)
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Kyneton, Victoria
Clifton Hill, Victoria
| Harry Rigby | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Claude Henry Rigby | ||
| Born |
9 January 1878 Kyneton, Victoria | ||
| Died |
7 December 1924 (aged 46) 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) | ||
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1908. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
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]
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
He was a "fleet-footed, lightly framed wingman".[5][6]
Carlton (VFL)
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)
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)
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)
He played 27 games for the Melbourne Football Club in two seasons, 1907 and 1908.
Death
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]
