Archie Swannie

Archibald Ernest Swannie (5 June 1875 – 29 May 1941) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Archie Swannie
Personal information
Full name Archibald Ernest Swannie
Date of birth (1875-06-05)5 June 1875
Place of birth South Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death 29 May 1941(1941-05-29) (aged 65)
Place of death Moreland, Victoria
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1897 South Melbourne 13 (4)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1897.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Commencing his football career with Hawthorn[2] (not the current AFL club) he played a game for Melbourne in 1895[3] before spending two years with South Melbourne (1896–1897), including their first year in the VFL.

In 1898 he returned to Hawthorn[4] before moving to West Melbourne halfway through the season.[5] He then moved to Port Melbourne for the 1899 VFA season[6] and was a member of their 1901 premiership team.[7] His final game for Port came at the end of the 1902 season, when it was reported that he was moving to Queensland.[8]

In 1899 he was awarded the bronze medal of the Royal Humane Society for saving the life of Maud Fazackerly, who jumped into the Yarra River near Queen's Bridge in Melbourne.[9]

In late 1902 he married Alice Josephine Shea and after a few years in Queensland and New South Wales they returned to Victoria and lived in the Essendon region of Melbourne. He died on 29 May 1941 at Sacred Heart Private Hospital, Moreland, after a brief illness.[10]

References
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 863. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "HAWTHORN FOOTBALL CLUB". The Age. Melbourne, Australia. 17 March 1896. p. 7.
  3. "FOOTBALL". The Age. Melbourne, Australia. 6 May 1895. p. 3.
  4. "FOOTBALL". The Age. Melbourne, Australia. 22 June 1898. p. 7.
  5. "GOSSIP". Sportsman (907). Melbourne, Australia. 5 July 1898. p. 6.
  6. "FOOTBALL". Standard. Port Melbourne, Victoria. 10 June 1899. p. 4.
  7. "PORT MELBOURNE FOOTBALL TEAM Premiers Victorian Football Association. Season 1901". Punch. Victoria, Australia. 12 September 1901. p. 27.
  8. "FOOTBALL". The Argus. Melbourne, Australia. 4 August 1902. p. 7.
  9. "ARCHIBALD ERNEST SWANNIE". Weekly Times. Victoria, Australia. 6 May 1899. p. 15.
  10. "FOOTBALLER WHOSE BRAVERY WON BRONZE MEDALLION DIES". Record. Victoria, Australia. 7 June 1941. p. 2.


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