Harry Herbert

Harry Herbert
Personal information
Full name Harry Herbert
Date of birth (1934-08-02)2 August 1934
Date of death 19 January 2011(2011-01-19) (aged 76)
Original team(s) Warrnambool
Height/Weight 185 cm / 84 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1952-1957 Geelong 56 (27)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1957 season.

Harry Herbert (2 August 1934 – 19 January 2011) was an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club and a Victorian policeman.

Born in Warrnambool, he played in the Geelong team that holds the VFL/AFL record for the longest run of winning games in succession (26 matches). He also played cricket and was once rated by the famous English cricketer, Sir Leonard Hutton, who was on tour in Australia, as Australia's fastest bowler.

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