George Hawking
FullnameGeorge William Hawking
Birth date22 May 1902
Birth placeRushworth, Victoria
Death date25 November 1968 (aged 66)
Death placeEdithvale, Victoria
OriginalteamRushworth Football Club
Height185 cm
Weight80 kg
Statsend1927
Years 11927
Games goals 14 (3)

George William Hawking (22 May 1902 – 25 November 1968) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

The son of George Frederick Hawking (1874–1936),[2] and Susan Jane Hawking (1870–1923), née Pugh,[3] George William Hawking was born at Rushworth, Victoria on 22 May 1902. His uncle, Tom Hawking, played for South Melbourne in 1904.

He married Irene Annie McCrae in 1925.

Football

Recruited from the Rushworth Football Club in the Goulburn Valley Football League, he played four senior games for Carlton in 1927, before returning to Rushworth. He was still playing with Rushworth in September 1938.[4]

Military service

He enlisted in the Second AIF in July 1940, and served overseas with the 2/5 Australian Infantry Battalion.[5]

Death

He died at Edithvale, Victoria on 25 November 1968.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897. 8th ed. Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 356. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  2. ^ Deaths: Hawking, The Argus, (Wednesday, 15 July 1936), p. 1.
  3. ^ Deaths: Hawking, The Age, (Thursday, 27 December 1923), p. 1.
  4. ^ Prominent Personalities in Country Sporting Clubs: Veteran Retains Form, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 25 September 1937), p. 71; League Preliminary Final, The Shepparton Advertiser, (Friday, 16 September 1938), p. 7.
  5. ^ "World War II Roll: George William Hawking (VX34714)". Commonwealth of Australia. Archived from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  6. ^ Service Record.

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