Harold Rumney

Harold Rumney
Personal information
Full name	Harold Waldmere Rumney[1]
Date of birth	16 May 1907
Place of birth	Kyabram, Victoria
Date of death	16 November 1987 (aged 80)
Original team(s)	Brighton
Height/Weight	171 cm / 76 kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1925–1926 1927–1937 Total	Carlton Collingwood	015 0(9) 171 (28) 186 (37)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1937 season.
Career highlights
Collingwood Premiership side 1927–1930, 1935 Collingwood best & fairest 1931 Victorian Representative Collingwood Team of the Century

Harold Waldmere Rumney (16 May 1907 – 16 November 1987)^[2] was an Australian rules footballer.

Rumney was rejected by Carlton Football Club after 15 games in two seasons and transferred to Collingwood Football Club. His arrival at Collingwood was fortuitous. He played in the quartet of premierships, 1927–1930, as well as the 1935 premiership. He left Collingwood to coach Northcote in the VFA for season 1936 but returned to Collingwood in 1937. He regularly represented Victoria and won Collingwood's best and fairest award in 1931.

He was 171 cm tall and weighed 76 kg. He played 15 games for Carlton, scoring 9 goals, and 171 games for Collingwood, scoring 28 goals.

References

1. "World War Two Nominal Roll". Government of Australia. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
2. "Harold Rumney". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 21 September 2014.

• Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

External links

• Harold Rumney's statistics from AFL Tables
• Harold Rumney's profile from AustralianFootball.com