Oscar Hyman

Oscar Henric Hyman (25 November 1877 – 11 January 1955) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and South Adelaide, West Torrens, North Adelaide and Sturt in the South Australian Football Association (SAFA).[1]

Oscar Hyman
Hyman in 1906
Personal information
Full name Oscar Henric Hyman
Date of birth (1877-11-25)25 November 1877
Place of birth Mitcham, South Australia
Date of death 11 January 1955(1955-01-11) (aged 77)
Place of death Adelaide, South Australia
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1896–1900 South Adelaide 41 (19)
1901 Collingwood 13 (1)
1902 West Torrens 12 (3)
1903–1904 North Adelaide 15 (10)
1905–1906 Collingwood 28 (11)
1907–1909 Sturt 35 (16)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
South Australia 9
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1909.
Career highlights
  • South Adelaide premiership player 1896, 1898, 1899
  • West Torrens captain 1902
  • Sturt captain 1907–1908
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

At age 38 he enlisted to serve in World War I and served until the end of the war.[2]

Notes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 424. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "Oscar Hyman – Discovering Anzacs". National Archives of Australia.
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