Herbert Milne

Herbert "Boxer" Milne (8 February 1884 – 20 December 1930) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club and South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1900s.

Family The son of John Milne (1855-1921),Deaths: Milne, The Age, (Monday, 25 April 1921), p.1.Deaths: Milne, The Argus, (Tuesday, 26 April 1921), p.1.Personal, The Zeehan and Dundas Herald, (Thursday, 28 April 1921), p.2.Comrade John Milne Dead: The Passing of a Good Laborite, The (Melbourne) Labor Call, (Thursday, 28 April 1921), p.3. and Mary Lavinia Milne, née Landorf,Marriages: Milne—Landorf, The Illustrated Australian News, (Wednesday, 24 December 1879), p.206.Death Notices: Milne, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Tuesday, 28 January 1936), p.20. Herbert Milne was born at Benalla, Victoria on 8 February 1884.

One of his two brothers, Hector Norman Milne (1880-1960), who played two seasons (1899-1900) with Richmond and two seasons with North Melbourne (1902-1903) in the VFA, enlisted in the First AIF (Service no.953) and lost an eye from a bayonet wound whilst serving.Hector Milne, at The VFA Project."Milne, _NM03", at The VFA Project.North Melbourne v. Richmond: A Good Game Marred by Bad Umpiring, The North Melbourne Courier and West Melbourne Advertiser, (Friday, 6 June 1902), p.3.Footballers in Action: Hector Milne, The Winner, (Wednesday, 6 December 1916), p.8.

Football Fitzroy A follower, Milne had a distinguished career at Fitzroy where he won best and fairest awards in both 1908 and 1910. As part of a strong Fitzroy side he played in four successive Grand Finals, winning back to back flags in 1904 and 1905. He was also a Victorian interstate representative and appeared in the Australasian Championship, which took place at Melbourne in 1908.Donald (2005), pp.58–59.Footballers in Action: Boxer Milne, The Winner, (Wednesday, 6 December 1916), p.8.

South Melbourne Milne crossed to South Melbourne in 1911. "After an internal political dispute in the summer of [late] 1910, Milne was one of ten Fitzroy players to leave for other clubs." — Donald (2005), p.59.

In 1912, he played in their Grand Final loss to Essendon. He suffered a knee injury in this game and retired as a result.

Military service Milne enlisted in the First AIF in July 1915,Old Footballer Enlists, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Monday, 19 July 1915), p.6. and served overseas with the 14th Field Ambulance.Nominal Roll. In late 1917 suffered serious wounds when hit by machine gun bullets in his left thigh.

Death An employee of the Vacuum Oil Company, he died at sea near Colombo, Sri Lanka when returning to Australia on the P & O's S.S. Moldavia,ss Moldavia (1922—1938), pandosnco.co.uk. from a business trip to England.Sharland, W.S., "'Boxer' Milne: Passing of a Great Footballer", The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 10 January 1931), p.1. He was buried at sea, near Columbo.Died at Sea: Passenger for Melbourne, The (Adelaide) News, (Tuesday, 30 December 1930), p.1.Deaths: Milne, The (Melbourne) Herald, Tuesday, 6 January 1931), p.15.

Herbert Milne

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