Joe Kiker

Joseph Kiker (16 May 1889 – 25 February 1959) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1][2]

Joe Kiker
Personal information
Full name Joseph Kiker
Date of birth (1889-05-16)16 May 1889
Place of birth Burwood, Victoria
Date of death 25 February 1959(1959-02-25) (aged 69)
Place of death Box Hill, Victoria
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1909 Richmond 1 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1909.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Football

Richmond Football Club (VFL)

He played in one First XVIII match with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 1909;[3] he was a "new" player that Richmond, which did not make the finals in 1909, tried out in the last match of the 1909 season, against Geelong, on 4 September 1909. Playing at centre half-forward he kicked one of his team's four goals.[4]

Melbourne City Football Club (VFA)

He was cleared from Richmond to the Melbourne City Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1912,[5] and played against Footscray in the team's first VFA competition match, on 27 April 1912.

Hawthorn Football Club (VFA)

The Melbourne City Football Club withdrew from the VFA competition after only two seasons (1912 and 1913), and its place was taken in the 1914 competition by the Hawthorn Football Club. Kiker transferred to Hawthorn and played in its first VFA competition match, against Port Melbourne, on 13 April 1914.

Notes
  1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.479.
  2. The press accounts also have his family name of Kiker (perhaps anglicized by some ancestor from Keicher) as Kyker (e.g., ), Kirker () — and, in the same article, Kirken ().
  3. Hogan (1996), p.119.
  4. Geelong's Day Out, The Argus, (Monday, 6 September 1909), p.5.
  5. Association, The Age, (Thursday, 25 April 1912), p.11.

References
  • Hogan, P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1
  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  • Mitcham Football Club (photograph), Picture Victoria.
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