Reefton Harry Adolphus Spicer (17 July 1898 – 22 April 1978) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2014), p.839.
Family The son of Ernest Edward Spicer (1877-1936),Deaths: Spicer, The Age, (Tuesday, 11 August 1936), p.1. and Adelina Ann Elizabeth Spicer (1877-1943), née Bailhache,Marriages: Spicer—Bailhache, The Age(Saturday, 26 November 1898), p.5: married at South Yarra on 31 August 1897.Deaths: Spicer, The Argus, (Thursday, 3 June 1943), p.2. Reefton Harry Adolphus Spicer, known as "Harry", was born at South Yarra, Victoria on 17 July 1898.He was named "Reefton" after his father's birthplace: his father was born at Reefton, in New Zealand, in 1877.
He married Doris Annie O'Brien (1900-1974) in 1925.
Football Richmond (VFL) Recruited from Richmond Districts, he played on the wing and in the back-pocket for the Richmond Football Club — in one senior game in 1917, and in two senior games in 1918.Hogan (1996), p.215.
Brunswick (VFA) Cleared from Richmond,Football, The Age, (Friday, 2 May 1919), p.9. he played one senior game for the Brunswick Football Club in 1919.
Williamstown (VFA) He played four senior games for the Williamstown Football Club in 1920.
Death He died at Brighton, Victoria on 22 April 1978.Deaths: "Spicer, Harry", The Age, (Monday, 24 April 1978), p.22.
Footnotes
References
Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996.
External links
Reefton Spicer, at The VFA Project.