{{short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Dick Gorsuch | image = | fullname = Edward William Gorsuch | birth_date = {{birth date|1878|11|26|df=y}} | birth_place = Carlton, Victoria | death_date = {{death date and age|1934|8|7|1878|11|26|df=yes}} | death_place = Fitzroy, Victoria | originalteam = Princes Hill | height = | weight = | position = | statsend = 1899 | years1 = 1899 | club1 = {{AFL Car}} | games_goals1 = 1 (0) | careerhighlights = }}
'''Edward William''' "'''Dick'''" '''Gorsuch''' (26 November 1878 – 7 August 1934) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).<ref>Holmesby (2009), p.312.</ref>
==Family== The son of Edward William Gorsuch (-1928), and Louisa Gorsuch (1857-1910),<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10468512 Deaths: Gorsuch, ''The Argus'', (Thursday, 13 October 1910), p.1.]</ref> née Holland,<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/197240394 Marriages: Gorsuch—Holland (Silver Wedding), ''The Age'', (Tuesday, 5 January 1904), p.1.]</ref> Edward William Gorsuch was born in Carlton, Victoria on 26 November 1878.
He married Edith Maud Walton (1878-1962) in 1902. They had two children: Edward William Augustus Roy Gorsuch (1903-1972),<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205028287 Marriages: Gorsuch—Trease, ''The Age'', (Saturday, 18 May 1929), p.11.]</ref> Hazel Maud Griffiths, née Gorsuch (1906-1946).<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/189372877 Births: Gorsuch, ''Te Age'', (Saturday, 23 June 1906), p.5.]</ref><ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2239509 Deaths: Griffiths, ''The Argus'', (Friday, 22 November 1946), p.2.]</ref>
==Football== Injured in the pre-season,<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/241857900 Football, ''The Herald'', (Friday, 7 July 1899), p.3.]</ref> He only played one game for the Carlton First XVIII: at full-forward, against Melbourne, at the MCG, on 15 July 1899.
In 1901 he was cleared from Carlton to Carlton Juniors.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/190047231 Football, ''The Age'', (Thursday, 20 June 1901), p.8]. Note that his name appears twice in relation to the grant of his permit: under "Victorian League" as "T. Gorsuch" (obviously a typo); and under "Victorian Junior Association" as "E. Gorsuch".</ref>
==Death== He died at St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne on 7 August 1934.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205535935/19057624 Deaths: Gorsuch, ''The Age'', (Thursday, 9 August 1934), p.1.]</ref>
== Notes == {{reflist}}
==References== * {{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2009 |edition=8th |isbn=978-1-921496-00-4 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria}}
== External links == *{{AFL Tables|ref=D/Dick_Gorsuch.html}} *[http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Dick+Gorsuch Dick Gorsuch's profile] at Blueseum * {{AustralianFootball|ref=dick%2Bgorsuch/1289}}
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