Harold Craven

Australian rules footballer and umpire

Australian rules footballer

Harold Craven

Personal information
Full name|  Thomas Harold Craven
Date of birth|  (1895-04-26)26 April 1895
Place of birth|  Geelong, Victoria
Date of death|  26 November 1970(1970-11-26) (aged 75)
Place of death|  Prahran, Victoria
Original team(s)|  Newtown[1]
Height|  174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight|  76 kg (168 lb)
Position(s)|  Fullback
Playing career1
Years|  Club|  Games (Goals)
1915, 1917–1924|  Geelong|  88 (17)

1 Playing statistics correct to the end of Round 15, 2008.

Career highlights

* Geelong Captain 1921-1922

Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Thomas Harold Craven (26 April 1895 – 26 November 1970)[2] was a player for Geelong in the VFL between 1915 and 1924. He captained the club in 1921 and 1922.[3] Despite his small size, he played most of his career at full back.[2] He was a boundary umpire for two league games in 1931.[4]

## References

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1. ^ "Geelong Beaten Again". Geelong Advertiser. Vic.: National Library of Australia. 26 July 1915. p. 6. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
2. ^ a b "Harold Craven - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
3. ^ Geelong Football Club Honour Roll Archived 16 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
4. ^ "Thomas Craven". AFLUA. Archived from the original on 10 September 2011.

## External links

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* Harold Craven's playing statistics from AFL Tables

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Captains of the Geelong Football Club

Pre-VFA|

* 1859: Mason/Fraser/Rennie
* 1860: Mason/Wills
* 1861: Rennie/Tait
* 1862: Greenfield/Harrison/Nicholls
* 1863–1865: Nichols
* 1866: Groom
* 1867: Robertson/Wills/Bowden
* 1868: Wills/Harrison/Bowden
* 1869–1870: Arthur
* 1871: Dickenson/Bowden
* 1872: Wills/Arthur
* 1873: Wills
* 1874: Down
* 1875: Day
* 1876: Thomas

VFA|

* 1877: Down
* 1878: Austin
* 1879–1880: Wilson
* 1881: Wilson/Austin
* 1882: Wilson
* 1883: Brownlow
* 1884: Brownlow/Steedman
* 1885: McLean
* 1886: Hickinbotham
* 1887: Talbot
* 1888–1889: Hickinbotham
* 1890: Baker
* 1891: Parkin
* 1892–1894: Houston
* 1895: McShane
* 1896: Burns

VFL/AFL|

* 1897–1899: Conway
* 1900: Burns
* 1901–1909: Young
* 1910–1913: B. Eason
* 1914–1915: Orchard
* 1917: Marsham
* 1918–1919: Kearney
* 1919–1920: A. Eason
* 1921–1922: Craven
* 1923: B. Rankin
* 1924: Hagger
* 1925–1927: C. Rankin
* 1928: Fitzmaurice
* 1929–1930: Coghlan
* 1931: Baker
* 1932–1940: R. Hickey
* 1941: Arklay
* 1944–1945: Butcher
* 1945: White
* 1946: Grant
* 1947: Gniel
* 1948: White
* 1949: Fitzgerald
* 1949: Morrow
* 1950: White
* 1950: Smith
* 1951–1954: Flanagan
* 1954: Smith
* 1955–1958: Davis
* 1959: Trezise
* 1960: Hovey
* 1960: Rice
* 1961–1962: Yeates
* 1963–1964: Wooler
* 1965–1967: Farmer
* 1968–1971: Goggin
* 1972: Wade
* 1973: Ainsworth
* 1974–1975: Newman
* 1976–1977: B. Nankervis
* 1978–1981: I. Nankervis
* 1982: Peake
* 1983: I. Nankervis
* 1984–1986: Turner
* 1987–1989: Bourke
* 1990–1991: Bews
* 1992–1994: Bairstow
* 1995: Hocking
* 1995: Ablett/Hinkley/Stoneham
* 1996: Ablett/Stoneham
* 1997–1998: Stoneham
* 1999: Colbert
* 1999: Hocking
* 2000–2002: Graham
* 2003–2006: King
* 2007–2009: Harley
* 2010–2011: Ling
* 2012–2022: Selwood
* 2023–: Dangerfield

AFL Women's|

* 2019–2020: M. Hickey
* 2021–: McDonald

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