Gil Hendrie
{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1901}}
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{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Gil Hendrie
| image = Gil Hendrie 1925.jpg
| image_size = 150px
| caption = Hendrie in May 1925
| fullname = Gilbert John Hendrie
| birth_date = {{birth date|1901|7|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Richmond, Victoria
| death_date = {{death date and age|1968|6|24|1901|7|15|df=y}}
| death_place = Mornington, Victoria
| originalteam = Camberwell
| debutdate = Round 1, 1925
| debutteam = {{AFL Haw}}
| debutopponent = {{AFL Ric}}
| debutstadium = Glenferrie Oval
| height = 185 cm
| weight = 84 kg
| position = Centre-half forward
| guernsey = 17; 10
| statsend = 1927
| years1 = 1925–1927
| club1 = {{AFL Haw}}
| games_goals1 = 17 (9)
| careerhighlights =
}}
Gilbert John Hendrie (15 July 1901 – 24 June 1968) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria}}
Family
The fifth son of Thomas Bruce Hendrie and Alice Charlotte Ingram, Hendrie grew up in the Hawthorn area. He was the younger brother of Melbourne’s Bill Hendrie and the grandfather of John Hendrie.{{cite web|url=http://www.hawkheadquarters.com/article.aspx?articleid=2264 |title=1972 – Year in Review. |publisher=Hawk Headquarters |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111061504/http://www.hawkheadquarters.com/article.aspx?articleid=2264 |archivedate=11 January 2015 |df=dmy}}
Football
A tall man for his era, he was a centre half-forward and originally played for Camberwell Football Club before transferring to Hawthorn when they joined the VFL. He played in 1925 and 1927 and was a prominent member of the team in Hawthorn's first ever VFL match.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2113653 |title=HAWTHORN'S INITIAL EFFORT. |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=4 May 1925 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}
After football
Gil Hendrie married Isabella Victoria Deering in 1926{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article146596261 |title=Family Notices. |newspaper=Table Talk |location=Melbourne |date=12 August 1926 |page=47 |via=National Library of Australia}} and after football he became a partner in Deering's Bakery in Camberwell before retiring to Mornington.{{cite web |url=http://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/2007-05-30/footy-flashbacks-round-10 |title=Footy Flashbacks. |publisher=Hawthorn Football Club}}
Gil Hendrie died in 1968 at the age of 66{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WhdVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fJMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1059%2C4620240 |title=Deaths. |newspaper=The Age |date=25 June 1968 |page=17}} and was cremated at Springvale Botanical Cemetery.{{cite web |url=https://smct.org.au/deceased-search/333442?givenName=gilbert&surname=hendrie&cemeteries= |title=Gilbert John Hendrie |publisher=Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust}}
Notes
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External links
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- {{AFL Tables | G/Gil_Hendrie}}
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Category:Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Category:Hawthorn Football Club players
Category:Camberwell Football Club players
Category:People from Richmond, Victoria
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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