Herman Hellwig

Herman Hellwig
Personal information
Full name	Herman Otto Hellwig
Date of birth	(1875-06-30)30 June 1875
Place of birth	Northcote, Victoria
Date of death	5 August 1952(1952-08-05) (aged 77)
Place of death	Oakleigh, Victoria
Original team(s)	Preston
Height	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1893–94	North Melbourne (VFA)	08 (0)
1895	Carlton (VFA)	01 (0)
1897–99	Collingwood	21 (3)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1899.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Herman Otto Hellwig (30 June 1875 – 5 August 1952) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of German immigrants Emil Waldemar Hellwig (1838–1902)^[2] and Johanna Auguster Hellwig, nee Meisgeier, (1837–1927),^[3] Herman Otto Hellwig was born in Northcote, Victoria on 30 June 1875.

Hellwig married Frances Jean "Fanny" Forrester Jubb (1874–1935)^[4] in 1896 and they had four children together. Their third child, Gordon Hellwig, was a VFL footballer for Fitzroy.

Football

Hellwig played for both North Melbourne and Carlton in the Victorian Football Association prior to his VFL appearances with Collingwood.^[5]

In 1896 Hellwig played for Preston in the Victorian Junior Football Association.

Hellwig returned to senior ranks when he transferred to Collingwood in the 1897 season, making a total of 21 appearances before transferring back to Preston in the middle of the 1899 season.^[6]

From 1900 Hellwig played for Northcote in the Victorian Junior Football Association.^[7][8] Hellwig continued playing for Northcote when they joined the Victorian Football Association in 1908.^[9]

In 1909 Herman Helwig was coach of the Preston District football team.^[10]

Death

Hellwig died at Oakleigh Community hospital on 5 August 1952^[11] and was cremated at Springvale Botanical Cemetery.^[12]

Notes

1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 385. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
2. "Family Notices". The Argus. No. 17, 310. Victoria, Australia. 3 January 1902. p. 1.
3. "Family Notices". The Herald. No. 15, 638. Victoria, Australia. 2 July 1927. p. 30.
4. "Family Notices". The Age. No. 25, 045. Victoria, Australia. 23 July 1935. p. 1.
5. Pennings, Mark (2016). Origins of Australian football. Volume 5, Players and clubs: The complete records 1858 to 1896 (1st ed.). New Farm, Queensland: Grumpy Monks Publishing. p. 49, 192. ISBN 978-0-646955-97-1.
6. "FOOTBALL". The Argus. No. 16, 530. Victoria, Australia. 29 June 1899. p. 6.
7. "JUNIOR FOOTBALL TEAMS". Weekly Times. No. 1, 712. Victoria, Australia. 31 May 1902. p. 14.
8. "THE JUNIORS". The Herald. No. 9593. Victoria, Australia. 14 July 1906. p. 4.
9. "Herman Hellwig". The VFA Project.
10. "VICTORIAN JUNIOR ASSOCIATION". The Argus. No. 19, 667. Victoria, Australia. 2 August 1909. p. 5.
11. "Family Notices". The Age. No. 30350. Victoria, Australia. 7 August 1952. p. 8.
12. "Herman Otto Hellwig". Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust.

External links

• Herman Hellwig's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Herman Hellwig's profile at Blueseum
• Herman Hellwig's profile at Collingwood Forever
• "'Pop' Hellwig - Magpie", at p.10 of The War and the Home Front: Marie Frances Box 1891-1973, hurleyskidmorehistory.com.au.