Henry Sylvester Crapper (15 January 1905 – 28 December 1976) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2009), p.179.
Family The son of Henry Crapper (1871-1952),Deaths: Crapper, The Herald, (Tuesday, 5 August 1952), p.10.Henry Crapper, The Advocate, (Thursday, 4 September 1952), p.14. and Winifred Crapper (1875-1951), née Fitzgerald,Deaths: Crapper, The Age, (Monday, 9 April 1951), p.2. Henry Sylvester Crapper was born at Raywood, Victoria on 15 January 1905.
His brothers, Thomas Frederick "Fred" Crapper (1909-1976), Francis Gerald "Frank" Crapper (1911-1991), played VFL football with Richmond and North Melbourne, respectively.
He married Veronica Cecilia Carrodus (1906-1993) in 1935.
Football Recruited by Melbourne from the Castlemaine Football Club in the Bendigo Football League in 1930,Riverina News: Maryborough, The Age, (Thursday, 27 February 193), p.14. he played his first senior game, against Footscray on 31 May 1930.Cutler and Crapper, The Sporting Globe, (Wednesday, 4 June 1930), p.9.
He was a member of the Melbourne Second XVIII team that won the Grand Final, against Geelong on 10 October 1931.League Second Eighteens: Melbourne Win Premiership, The Age, (Monday, 12 October 1931), p.15.
Military service He served as a Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in World War II.
Death He died at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in Parkville, Victoria on 28 December 1976.Deaths: Crapper, The Age, (Wednesday, 29 December 1976), p.28.
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World War Two Nominal Roll: Flight Lieutenant Henry Sylvester Crapper (12838), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
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