Horrie Lyons

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Horrie Lyons
Personal information
Full name Reginald Horace Lyons
Date of birth(1876-01-04)4 January 1876
Place of birth St Kilda, Victoria
Date of death 28 May 1921(1921-05-28) (aged 45) [1]
Place of death Elwood, Victoria
Original team(s) South St Kilda
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1895–1896 South Melbourne (VFA)
1897 South Melbourne 05 0(2)
1898 St Kilda 05 0(1)
1899–1902 Prahran
1903 Richmond (VFA) 18 (16) [2]
1904 Prahran
Total28 (19)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1904.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Reginald Horace "Horrie" Lyons (4 January 1876 – 28 May 1921) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [3]

He commenced his football career with South Melbourne in 1895 [4] and later played for Prahran [5] and Richmond [6] in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).

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References

  1. ↑ "Family Notices". The Age. No. 20, 644. Victoria, Australia. 30 May 1921. p. 1.
  2. ↑ "VFA Players". Tigerland Archive.
  3. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 535. ISBN   978-1-921496-32-5.
  4. ↑ "OBSERVATIONS". Record. Vol. 2, no. 9. Victoria, Australia. 9 May 1896. p. 3.
  5. ↑ "GOSSIP". Sportsman. No. 951. Victoria, Australia. 9 May 1899. p. 6.
  6. ↑ "Why "Horry" Lyons left the Prahran Football Club". Prahran Chronicle. Vol. 19, no. 1041. Victoria, Australia. 23 May 1903. p. 3.


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