George Heinz

Australian rules footballer and coach

Australian rules footballer
George Heinz
Personal information
Full name George Victor Heinz
Date of birth 8 October 1891
Place of birth Ballarat, Victoria
Date of death 3 October 1966(1966-10-03) (aged 74)
Place of death Mount Eliza, Victoria
Original team(s) Geelong College
Height 169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Position(s) Rover
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1910–1914 Geelong 087 0(71)
1919–1925 Melbourne 106 0(97)
1927 St Kilda 001 00(1)
Total 194 (169)
Coaching career
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
1919 Melbourne 16 (0–16–0)
1927 St Kilda 18 (8–10–0)
Total 34 (8–26–0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1927.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

George Victor Heinz (8 October 1891 – 3 October 1966) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club, the Melbourne Football Club, and the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

The son of George Heinz (1861–1900), licensee of the Athletic Club Hotel, in Ballarat, Victoria,[1] and Louisa Heinz (1866-1950), née Booth,[2] George Victor Heinz was born at Ballarat on 8 October 1891[3] — although he was born George Heinz, he later chose to be known as Haines, due to the general feeling towards Germany during World War I.

He married Olive Laura Jane Keown (1894–1963) on 2 April 1918.[4][5]

Education

He was educated at the Geelong College. He played in the school's First XVIII in 1908 and 1909.[6]

Football

Enthusiast's Letter to the Editor
The Herald, 21 September 1934.[7]

Geelong (VFL)

Heinz played as a rover and made his debut in 1910 for his local club Geelong. The following season he represented Victoria at the Adelaide Carnival. He played his last game for Geelong in 1914 before joining the AIF and missing the next four seasons due to war commitments.

Melbourne (VFL)

When he returned in 1919 it was with Melbourne and he was named as captain-coach. The club did not win a game all season and he lost his coaching job, although he remained captain for 1920.

Representative football

He played in VFL representative teams in 1911, 1914, 1920 (he was the team's captain), 1921, 1922, 1923, and 1924.

St Kilda (VFL)

In 1927 he was appointed non-playing coach of St Kilda, but played and captained them once when they were a player short.

Death

He died at Mount Eliza, Victoria on 3 October 1966.[8]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Country News, The Age, (Monday, 21 May 1900), p. 9.
  2. ^ Deaths: Heinz, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Tuesday, 1 August 1950), p. 8.
  3. ^ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Births Registration no.29772/1891.
  4. ^ Weddings: Staff-Sergeant Haines to Miss Olive Keown, Table Talk, (Thursday, 9 May 1918), p.2.
  5. ^ Deaths: Haines, The Age, (Wednesday, 18 December 1963), p. 21.
  6. ^ Heinz, George Victor (1891-1966), Heritage Guide to The Geelong College.
  7. ^ 'Enthusiast', "Best Ever in Victoria (Letter to the Editor)", The (Melbourne) Herald, (Saturday, 22 September 1934), p. 30.
  8. ^ Deaths: Haines, The Age, (Wednesday, 5 October 1966), p.23.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to George Heinz.
  • George Heinz's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  • George Heinz at AustralianFootball.com
  • George Haines, at Demonwiki.
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