{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Herc Vollugi | image = Herc Vollugi.jpg | caption = Vollugi in 1901 | fullname = Hercules Anthony Vollugi | birth_date = 15 June 1880 | birth_place = Carlton, Victoria | death_date = {{death date and age|1960|10|11|1880|6|15|df=yes}} | death_place = Kew, Victoria | originalteam = St Patrick's (Carlton) | height = 170 cm | weight = 71 kg | position = | statsend = 1906 | years1 = 1901–1906 | club1 = Essendon | games_goals1 = 70 (5) | careerhighlights = *VFL premiership player: 1901 }}
'''Hercules Anthony Vollugi''' (15 June 1880 – 11 October 1960) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Vollugi was a wingman in Essendon's 1901 premiership team, which came in his first league season.<ref name=AFLTables>{{cite web |url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/H/Herc_Vollugi.html |title=AFL Tables: Herc Vollugi |website=afltables.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-1-920910-78-5}}</ref> He also played in the 1902 VFL Grand Final, which Essendon lost.<ref name=AFLTables/>
He later served Essendon as a committeeman.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.essendonfc.com.au/team/player-past.asp?id=925 |title=Vollugi, Hercules A. |publisher=Essendon Football Club official website |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326083111/http://www.essendonfc.com.au/team/player-past.asp?id=925 |archivedate=26 March 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
Vollugi was also a first-grade cricketer for East Melbourne, and a golfer. He became secretary of Elsternwick Golf Club.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Around the Ground |journal=The Australasian |date=10 February 1923 |page=27 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/140738483}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist|1}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{AFL Tables | H/Herc_Vollugi }} * {{AustralianFootball | herc+vollugi/1525 }}
{{1901 Essendon premiership players}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vollugi, Herc}} Category:1880 births Category:Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Category:Essendon Football Club players Category:Essendon Football Club premiership players Category:1960 deaths Category:VFL/AFL premiership players Category:People from Carlton, Victoria
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