Percy Purcell

{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1911}}

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{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Percy Purcell

| image =

| fullname = Pearce Gerard Purcell

| birth_date = {{birth date|1911|05|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = Maryborough, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|1994|05|13|1911|05|18|df=y}}

| death_place =

| height = 173 cm

| weight = 64 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1935

| years1 = 1935

| club1 = {{AFL NM}}

| games_goals1 = 3 (1)

| careerhighlights =

}}

Percy Purcell (18 May 1911 – 13 May 1994) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=723}}

Purcell later served in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II.{{cite web |url=https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=1060789&c=WW2 |title= World War II Roll: Pearce Gerard PURCELL |publisher=Department of Veterans Affairs}}