Harry Cordner
{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Harry Cordner
| image =
| fullname = Henry Cordner
| birth_date = {{birth date|1885|6|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bendigo, Victoria
| death_date = {{death date and age|1943|11|14|1885|6|17|df=y}}
| death_place = Hobart
| originalteam = Melbourne Grammar
| height = 6ft.
| weight = 12stone 5lb.
| position = centre
| statsend = 1909
| repstatsend = N/A
| years1 = 1903–05
| club1 = {{AFL Mel}}
| games_goals1 = 11 (16)
| years2 = 1908–09
| club2 = {{AFL Uni}}
| games_goals2 = 29 (7)
| games_goalstotal = 40 (23)
| careerhighlights =
}}
Henry Cordner (17 June 1885 – 14 November 1943) was an Australian rules footballer who played with both the Melbourne Football Club and the Melbourne University Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
File:THE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL TEAM from The Leader Melbourne 30 May 1908 pg 27.png:
H. Cordner, third from right, middle row.]]
Family
The son of Edward James Cordner, and Helen Cordner, née Rae, Henry Cordner was born in Bendigo on 17 June 1885.[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/88650805 Birth: Cordner, The Bendigo Advertiser, (Thursday, 18 June 1885), p.2.] He died in Hobart on 14 November 1943.[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11793274 Deaths: Cordner, The Argus, (Tuesday, 16 November 1943), p.2]; [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25995708 Deaths: Cordner, The (Hobart) Mercury, (Monday, 15 November 1943), p.8.][https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25995663 Obituary: Dr Henry Cordner, The (Hobart) Mercury, (Monday, 15 November 1943), p.4.]
Harry's brother Ted Cordner, and his cousins Alan Cordner and "Larry" Cordner, also played senior VFL football. Harry is the uncle of the Cordners – Don, Denis, Ted and John – who played for Melbourne in the 1940s.
Education
Henry entered into residence at Trinity College, Melbourne in 1904, graduating with a M.B., Ch.B. from the University of Melbourne in 1909.
Football
He played VFL football for both Melbourne and University.[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10736613 H. Cordner, The Argus, (Monday, 27 September 1909), p.7.]
Military service
Overseas at the time that war broke out, Dr. Henry Cordner was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps, on 16 August 1914,[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28881/pages/6798/page.pdf The London Gazette, 28 August 1914, p.6798.] promoted to captain on 16 August 1916,[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29287/pages/8874/page.pdf The London Gazette, 7 September 1915, p.8874.] and served in France.The Argus, 29 August 1914.
See also
Footnotes
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References
- Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
- {{cite web|title=Melbourne University Football: Some famous Personalities|url=http://www.melbunifootball.com/Personalities.pdf|publisher=Melbourne University Football|access-date=27 January 2011|page=2}}
- [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10804190 Personal: Dr. Henry Cordner, The Argus, (Saturday, 29 August 1914), p.17.]
External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{AFL Tables | H/Harry_Cordner }}
- [http://demonwiki.org/Harry+Cordner Harry Cordner, demonwiki.org.]
{{University Football Club captains}}
{{Melbourne leading goalkickers}}
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Category:University Football Club players
Category:Melbourne Football Club players
Category:Australian rules footballers from Bendigo
Category:People educated at Melbourne Grammar School
Category:Australian military personnel of World War I
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