# Harry Saunders

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{{Short description|Australian rules footballer and coach}}
{{other people}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Harry Saunders
| image = Harry Saunders 1923-1924.jpg
| caption = Saunders during his Collignwood career
| fullname = Henry George Saunders
| birth_date = 21 May 1898
| birth_place = [Portland, Victoria](/source/Portland%2C_Victoria)
| death_date = {{death date and age|1930|12|9|1898|5|21|df=yes}}
| death_place = [East Melbourne, Victoria](/source/East_Melbourne%2C_Victoria)
| originalteam = Collingwood Senior Cadets
| debutdate = Round 4, [1916](/source/1916_VFL_season)
| debutteam = [Collingwood](/source/Collingwood_Football_Club)
| debutopponent = [Richmond](/source/Richmond_Football_Club)
| debutstadium = [Victoria Park](/source/Victoria_Park%2C_Melbourne)
| height = 175 cm
| weight = 76 kg
| position = 
| statsend = 1926
| years1 = 1916–1926
| club1 = [Collingwood](/source/Collingwood_Football_Club)
| games_goals1 = 135 (10)
| coachyears1 = 1926
| coachclub1 = [Footscray](/source/Western_Bulldogs)
| coachgames_wins1 = 10 (3–7–0)
| careerhighlights = 
}}

'''Henry George 'Harry' Saunders''' (21 May 1898 – 9 December 1930)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://forever.collingwoodfc.com.au/players/harry-saunders/|title=Harry Saunders|publisher=Collingwood Forever|accessdate=21 September 2014}}</ref> was an [Australian rules football](/source/Australian_rules_football)er who played for [Collingwood](/source/Collingwood_Football_Club) and coached [Footscray](/source/Western_Bulldogs) in the [Victorian Football League](/source/Victorian_Football_League_(1897%E2%80%931989)) (VFL).<ref>{{Ref AFL Encyc|10th|786}}</ref>

==Family==
The son of Henry Saunders (1859-1921),<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1734206 Deaths: Saunders, ''The Argus'', (Thursday, 27 January 1921), p.1.]</ref> and Hannah Saunders (1863-1941), née Guiney,<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205146932 Deaths: Saunders, ''The Age'', (Wednesday, 7 May 1941), p.1.]</ref> Henry George Saunders was born at [Portland, Victoria](/source/Portland%2C_Victoria) on 21 May 1898.

He married Millicent May "Mollie" Allen (1900-1963), later Mrs. Walter William James Crawford, in 1922.

==Education==
He attended [Christian Brothers' College, East Melbourne](/source/Parade_College).

==Football==
===Collingwood (VFL)===
Saunders was recruited locally to Collingwood and went on to play 11 seasons with the club as a defender, mostly at full-back. He was a member of Collingwood premiership teams in 1917 and 1919 as well as playing in three losing Grand Finals. Saunders also represented the VFL at interstate football on three occasions.

====1922====
In 1922, following a game where he had knocked out Carlton's [Alex Duncan](/source/Alex_Duncan), the VFL Tribunal suspended him for six matches.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205759521 Three Players Disqualified, ''The Age'', (Saturday, 5 August 1922), p.14.]</ref><ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45580229 Three League Players Disqualified in Victoria, ''The Barrier Miner'', (Thursday, 10 August 1922), p.3.]</ref> He was also charged by the police,<ref>['Kickero'](/source/Thomas_Wallis_Kelynack), [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243648645 "Dirty Work in Football: Police may take Action", ''The (Melbourne) Herald'', (Saturday, 5 August 1922), p.4.]</ref> found guilty in court, and fined £5, in default a month's imprisonment.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243774172 Footballer Punched: Player fined  £5: J.P. Declines to Act, ''The (Melbourne) Herald'', (Friday, 1 September 1922), p.5.]</ref><ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1842044 Assault on Football Field: £5 Fine Inflicted, ''The Argus'', (Saturday, 2 September 1922), p.23.]</ref><ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166045128 Footballers in Court: Player fined £5 for Assault on Field, ''The Geelong Advertiser'', (Saturday, 2 September 1922), p.9.]</ref>

====1926====
After playing the opening two rounds of the 1926 season Saunders retired from playing.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243591484 'Kickero', "Time Beats All: Saunders Leaves Football", ''The (Melbourne) Herald'', (Wednesday, 19 May 1926), p.3.]</ref>

===Footscray (VFL)===
He was cleared to Footscray in mid-season 1926,<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3792250 H. Saunders (Collingwood) Cleared, ''The Argus'', (Wednesday, 30 June 1926), p17.]</ref> and coached them, as non-playing coach, in 10 games for three wins. South Melbourne's [Paddy Scanlan](/source/Paddy_Scanlan_(footballer)) was appointed as Footscray's captain-coach at the beginning of the 1927 season.

==Death==
Saunders died on 9 December 1930 following an operation for [pancreatitis](/source/pancreatitis), aged 32.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203282099 Deaths: Saunders, ''The Age'', (Wednesday, 10 December 1930), p.1.]</ref><ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article242762323 Star Full Back: Late H. Saunders of Collingwood, ''The (Melbourne) Herald'', (Wednesday, 10 December 1930), p.3.]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{AFL Tables|ref=H/Harry_Saunders.html}}
* [https://afltables.com/afl/stats/coaches/Harry_Saunders.html Harry Saunders's coaching statistics], from AFL Tables.
* {{AustralianFootball|ref=harry%2Bsaunders/3453}}
* [https://forever.collingwoodfc.com.au/players/harry-saunders/ Harry Saunders' profile] at Collingwood Forever

{{1917/19 Collingwood dual premiership players}}
{{Western Bulldogs coaches}}
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Category:1898 births
Category:1930 deaths
Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Category:Collingwood Football Club players
Category:Collingwood Football Club premiership players
Category:Western Bulldogs coaches
Category:Deaths from pancreatitis
Category:VFL/AFL premiership players

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