Herbert Milne
Australian rules footballer
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Herbert "Boxer" Milne (8 February 1884 – 20 December 1930) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club and South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1900s.
Benalla, Victoria
Colombo, Sri Lanka
| Herbert Milne | |||
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Milne in 1907 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Herbert Eric Day Milne | ||
| Nickname | Boxer | ||
| Born |
8 February 1884 Benalla, Victoria | ||
| Died |
20 December 1930 (aged 46) Colombo, Sri Lanka | ||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1902–1910 | Fitzroy | 122 (69) | |
| 1911–1912 | South Melbourne | 31 (14) | |
| Total | 153 (83) | ||
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 1908 | Victoria | 3 (1) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1912. 2 Representative statistics correct as of 1908. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Family
The son of John Milne (1855-1921),[1][2][3][4] and Mary Lavinia Milne, née Landorf,[5][6] Herbert Milne was born at Benalla, Victoria on 8 February 1884.
One of his two brothers, Hector Norman Milne (1880-1960), who played two seasons (1899-1900) with Richmond and two seasons with North Melbourne (1902-1903) in the VFA, enlisted in the First AIF (Service no.953) and lost an eye from a bayonet wound whilst serving.[7][8][9][10]
Football
Fitzroy
A follower, Milne had a distinguished career at Fitzroy where he won best and fairest awards in both 1908 and 1910. As part of a strong Fitzroy side he played in four successive Grand Finals, winning back to back flags in 1904 and 1905. He was also a Victorian interstate representative and appeared in the Australasian Championship, which took place at Melbourne in 1908.[11][12]
South Melbourne
Milne crossed to South Melbourne in 1911.
- "After an internal political dispute in the summer of [late] 1910, Milne was one of ten Fitzroy players to leave for other clubs." — Donald (2005), p.59.
In 1912, he played in their Grand Final loss to Essendon. He suffered a knee injury in this game and retired as a result.
