Harry Cordner

Harry Cordner
Personal information
Full name	Henry Cordner
Date of birth	(1885-06-17)17 June 1885
Place of birth	Bendigo, Victoria
Date of death	14 November 1943(1943-11-14) (aged 58)
Place of death	Hobart
Original team(s)	Melbourne Grammar
Height	6 ft (183 cm)
Weight	12 st 5 lb (173 lb; 78 kg)
Position(s)	centre
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1903–05	Melbourne	11 (16)
1908–09	University	29 (7)
Total		40 (23)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1909.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Henry Cordner (17 June 1885 – 14 November 1943) was an Australian rules footballer who played with both the Melbourne Football Club and the Melbourne University Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

University VFL Team: 23 May 1908:
H. Cordner, third from right, middle row.

Family

The son of Edward James Cordner, and Helen Cordner, née Rae, Henry Cordner was born in Bendigo on 17 June 1885.^[1] He died in Hobart on 14 November 1943.^[2][3]

Harry's brother Ted Cordner, and his cousins Alan Cordner and "Larry" Cordner, also played senior VFL football. Harry is the uncle of the Cordners – Don, Denis, Ted and John – who played for Melbourne in the 1940s.

Education

Henry entered into residence at Trinity College, Melbourne in 1904, graduating with a M.B., Ch.B. from the University of Melbourne in 1909.

Football

He played VFL football for both Melbourne and University.^[4]

Military service

Overseas at the time that war broke out, Dr. Henry Cordner was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps, on 16 August 1914,^[5] promoted to captain on 16 August 1916,^[6] and served in France.^[7]

See also

• List of Australian rules football families

Footnotes

1. Birth: Cordner, The Bendigo Advertiser, (Thursday, 18 June 1885), p.2.
2. Deaths: Cordner, The Argus, (Tuesday, 16 November 1943), p.2; Deaths: Cordner, The (Hobart) Mercury, (Monday, 15 November 1943), p.8.
3. Obituary: Dr Henry Cordner, The (Hobart) Mercury, (Monday, 15 November 1943), p.4.
4. H. Cordner, The Argus, (Monday, 27 September 1909), p.7.
5. The London Gazette, 28 August 1914, p.6798.
6. The London Gazette, 7 September 1915, p.8874.
7. The Argus, 29 August 1914.

References

• Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
• "Melbourne University Football: Some famous Personalities" (PDF). Melbourne University Football. p. 2. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
• Personal: Dr. Henry Cordner, The Argus, (Saturday, 29 August 1914), p.17.

External links

• Harry Cordner's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Harry Cordner, demonwiki.org.