Herbert Hurrey

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer (1888–1961)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Herbert Hurrey | image = | fullname = Herbert Grindell Hurrey | birth_date = 27 January 1888 | birth_place = Herberton, Queensland | death_date = {{death date and age|1961|12|16|1888|1|27|df=yes}} | death_place = Chatswood, New South Wales | originalteam = Scotch College | height =  | weight =  | position = | statsend = 1913 | years1 = 1908–1913 | club1 = University | games_goals1 = 101 (29) | careerhighlights = * Games record holder for University }}

'''Herbert Grindell Hurrey''' (27 January 1888 – 16 December 1961) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League who played for Melbourne University Football Club in the VFL from 1908 to 1913.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article198130787 The University Team, ''The Leader'', (Saturday, 4 May 1912), p.29.]</ref> Hurrey played the most VFL/AFL games for the university club, with 101, and was the only player to play 100 games or more for the club in the top level of senior Australian rules football.<ref>Melbourne University Football Club played in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) from 1885-1888 and in the VFL from 1908-1914.</ref>

==Family== The third son of Charles Gisborne Hurrey (1846-1919),<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4662272 Deaths: Hurrey, ''The Argus'', (Saturday, 1 November 1919), p.13.]</ref> and Norah Hurrey (1852-1930), née O'Neill,<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4211137 Deaths: Hurrey, ''The Argus'', (Saturday, 18 October 1930), p.13.]</ref> Herbert Grindell Hurrey was born at Herberton, Queensland on 27 January 1888.

He married Nina Ethel Crockett (1891-1974), on 25 September 1914.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article190673015 Marriages: Hurrey—Crockett, ''The Age'', (Saturday, 7 November 1914), p.5.]</ref> They had five children, one of whom, a son, was born premature and died soon after his birth.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22298582 Births: Hurrey, ''The Queenslander'', (Saturday, 2 July 1915), p.9]; [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page2525861 Deaths: Hurrey, ''The Queenslander'', (Saturday, 2 July 1915), p.10.]</ref>

==Education== He was educated at Scotch College, Melbourne,<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139190553 Matriculation Results: Melbourne Candidates, ''The Australasian'', (Saturday, 13 January 1906), p.38.]</ref><ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article163073293 Interstate Football: Visit of Scotch College Players: The Players for Scotch College, ''The (Adelaide) Observer'', (Saturday, 14 July 1906), p.27.]</ref> and at the University of Melbourne, from whence he graduated (''in absentia'') as Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) on 4 April 1914<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article242145149 Honors Conferred, ''The (Melbourne) Herald'', (Saturday, 4 April 1914), p.4.]</ref> {{em-dash}} his "in absentia" graduation was due to his decision to move to South Australia and begin practising medicine there {{em-dash}} and where he was awarded a full blue for football in October 1913.

==Football== In 1912, he played in the centre for a representative VFL side against a combined Bendigo Football Association team, at Bendigo, on 3 July 1912.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226949858 Football: League (18.11) v. Bendigo (4.5), ''The Bendigo Independent'', (Thursday, 4 July 1912), p.8.]</ref>

In 1913, he was elected captain of the university team;<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10779884 'Old Boy', "Football", ''The Argus'', (Friday, 25 April 1913), p.10.]</ref> and, on 16 August 1913, replacing Fitzroy's Harold McLennan (who was injured and could not play) in the team that had played in Adelaide on 12 July 1913, he played in the centre for Victoria, in its return match against South Australia, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197477280 Inter-State Match, ''The Age'', (Monday, 18 August 1913), p.7.]</ref> Due to his move to South Australia, he was unable to continue playing VFL football in 1914.

==Military service== A Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Australian Navy Reserve,<ref>[https://www.navy.gov.au/brief-history-royal-australian-naval-reserve A Brief History of the Royal Australian Naval Reserve, ''navy.com.au''.]</ref> he served as a medical officer in the First World War: ::"Surgeon-Lieut. [Herbert Grindell Hurrey], R.A.N. … left Brisbane October 21st, 1915, with the H.M.A. Destroyer Flotilla (Warrego, Yarra, and Parramatta), as M.O. in charge of flotilla. Service on high seas, Pacific, and China Station. Patrolling duties until April 21st, 1917. …"<ref>Wildman (1919), pp.103-104.</ref>

==Medical practitioner== ===Registration=== Having moved to South Australia following his final examinations at Melbourne University in 1913, he was registered, by the South Australian Medical Board, as a legally qualified medical practitioner for the State of South Australia on 9 April 1914.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125052255 South Australian Medical Board, ''The (Adelaide) Daily Herald'', (Friday, 10 April 1914), p.3.]</ref>

His name (reg. no.4602) was removed from the Register of Medical Practitioners for New South Wales on 4 October 1961.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page14221906 New South Wales Medical Board: Removal of Names from Register, ''Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales'', No.111, (Friday, 13 October 1961), p.3193.]</ref>

===Health Officer=== In 1919, he was appointed as Health Officer for the Kedron Shire Council in Queensland.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article175051111 Health Officers" In Metropolitan Area, ''The (Brisbane) Telegraph'', (Saturday, 10 May 1919), p.6.]</ref>

===Partnership=== In late 1924 he began practising in Rozelle and Balmain, New South Wales in joint partnership with Charles Herbert Wesley;<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article245479777 Public Notice, ''The (Sydney) Daily Telegraph'', (Tuesday, 11 November 1924), p.6.]</ref> the partnership was dissolved on 1 May 1925.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article245231911 Public Notice, ''The (Sydney) Daily Telegraph'', (Tuesday, 19 May 1925), p.6.]</ref>

===Goodyear Rubber factory=== In September 1948 he was appointed medical officer for the Sydney factory of the Goodyear Rubber Company.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203169525 Personal, ''The Townsville Daily Bulletin'', (Tuesday, 7 September 1948), p.2.]</ref><ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article132147837 ''The Cumberland Argus'', (Wednesday, 13 February 1952), p.11.]</ref>

==Death== He died at Chatswood, New South Wales on 16 December 1961.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xHxWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-uUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1274%2C1975466 Deaths: Hurrey, ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', (Monday, 18 December 1961), p.18.]</ref>

== Footnotes == {{Reflist}}

==References== * [https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-28593503/download?downloadOption=pdf&firstPage=0&lastPage=297 Wildman, Owen (1919), "Hurrey, Herbert Grenfell", ''Queenslanders Who Fought in the Great War'', Besley and Pike, (Brisbane), pp.103-104, 145.] * [https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/NAAMedia/ViewPDF.aspx?B=5218306&D=D World War One Service Record: Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander Herbert Grenfell Hurrey, ''National Archives of Australia''.] * [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article218959746 The Naval Review (photograph), ''The (Brisbane) Daily Mail'', (Tuesday, 4 September 1923), p.9.] * [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203169525 Valedictory: Farewell to Dr. H. G. Hurrey, ''The Bowen Independent'', (Friday, 2 April 1948), p.7.]

==External links== * {{AFL Tables | B/Bert_Hurrey }} * {{AustralianFootball|ref=Bert%2BHurrey/2478}}

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