Horrie Pope
{{Short description|Australian rules footballer (1887-1949)}}
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| fullname = Horace Victor Pope
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1887|06|05|df=y}}
| birth_place = North Adelaide, South Australia
| death_date = {{death date and age|1949|06|19|1887|06|05|df=y}}
| death_place = Franklin, South Australia
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| years1 = 1905-1920
| club1 = {{AFL Por}}
| games_goals1 = 156
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- 3× {{AFL Por}} premiership player (1906, 1913, 1914)
- 3× Championship of Australia (1910, 1913, 1914)
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Horace Victor Pope (5 June 1887 – 19 June 1949) was an Australian rules footballer who played for {{AFL Por}}. He captained the club in the second half of 1919.{{Cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/horrie+pope/347|title=Australian Football - Horrie Pope - Player Bio|website=australianfootball.com|language=en|access-date=2017-10-01}}
Family
The son of Rev. Henry James Pope (1844-1919),[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/164134554 Deaths: Pope, The (Adelaide) Observer, (Saturday, 28 June 1919), p.28]; [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/213606128 Football, Port Adelaide News, (Friday, 4 July 1919), p.10.][https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/87487340 Obituary: Death of Rev. H. J. Pope, The (Adelaide) Chronicle, (Saturday, 28 June 1919), p.43.] and Grace Holman Pope (1857-1920), née Temby,[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/42975699 Marriages: Pope—Temby, The South Australian Register, (Saturday, 1 May 1879), p.6]; [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/165675889 Deaths: Pope, The (Adelaide) Observer, (Saturday, 7 February 1920), p.31.] Horace Victor Pope was born in North Adelaide, South Australia on 5 June 1887.
He married Eliza Hilda Williams (1880-1957) on 1 July 1912,[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5312605 Marriages: Pope—Williams, The (Adelaide) Advertiser, (Thursday, 18 July 1912), p.8.] They had three children: a stillborn daughter,[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/164667296 Births: Pope, The (Adelaide) Observer, (Saturday, 1 July 1916), p.27.] and two sons, Kenneth Charles Pope (1917-1944),[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article208053160 Births, The (Adelaide) Journal, (Saturday, 28 July 1917), p.12.][https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/92398759 Engagements: Angel—Pope, The (Adelaide) Chronicle, (Thursday, 19 December 1940). p.18.][https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/48785904 Deaths: Pope, The (Adelaide) Advertiser, (Tuesday, 22 February 1944), p.6.] and Richard Horace Pope (1919-1942).[https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1700512 World War Two Roll of Honour: Acting Bombardier Richard Horace Pope (SX3383), Australian War Memorial.][https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/92377488 Casualty Lists: South Australian Names: Fifth List, The (Adelaide) Chronicle, (Thursday, 31 December 1942), p.19]; [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/48895654 Private Casualty Advices, The (Adelaide) Advertiser, (Saturday, 26 December 1942), p.6.][https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/48772826 Heroes of the Empire: Pope, The (Adelaide) Advertiser, (Monday, 1 November 1943), p.8.]
Football
From 1905 to 1919, Horrie Pope played 155 games for Port Adelaide; and he also played in one additional game in 1920. When Alex "Bandy" McFarlane resigned mid-way through the 1919 season, Pope was appointed captain of the team.
Death
Horrie Pope died at his home at Franklin (now known as Pennington, South Australia) on 19 June 1949,[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/130192939 Former Port Player Dies, The (Adelaide) News, (Monday, 20 June 1949), p.7]; {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36373229 |title=Death Of Mr. H. V. Pope. |newspaper=The Advertiser |volume=91 |issue=28299 |location=South Australia |date=21 June 1949 |page=9}}[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/130192953 Deaths: Pope, The (Adelaide) News, (Monday, 20 June 1949), p.10.] and was buried at the Cheltenham Cemetery on 21 June 1949.{{cite web |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154122197 |title=Horace Victor Pope |publisher=Find a Grave}}
References
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References
- [https://australianfootball.com/players/player/horrie%2Bpope/347 Horrie Pope, australianfootball.com.]
{{Port Adelaide Football Club captains}}
{{1906 Port Adelaide premiership players}}
{{1913 Port Adelaide premiership players}}
{{1914 Port Adelaide premiership players}}
{{1910 Championship of Australia}}
{{1913 Championship of Australia}}
{{1914 Championship of Australia}}
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Category:Port Adelaide Football Club (SANFL) players
Category:Port Adelaide Football Club players (all competitions)