Tommy Lamprell

Tommy Lamprell
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Jubilee Burnett Lamprell
Date of birth	(1887-06-08)8 June 1887
Place of birth	Mount Prospect, Victoria
Date of death	25 August 1937(1937-08-25) (aged 50)
Place of death	Fitzroy, Victoria
Original team(s)	North Lyell
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1910	St Kilda	1 (2)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1910.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Thomas Jubilee Burnett Lamprell (8 June 1887 – 25 August 1937) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of Charles Lamprell (–1898),^[2] and Jane Lamprell (−1906), née Searle,^[3] Thomas Jubilee Burnett Lamprell was born at Mount Prospect, in Victoria, on 8 June 1887.

Marriages

He married Blanche Lamprell on 28 December 1909; they were divorced in 1922.^[4][5]

He married Ettie May Clark (−1929) in 1923.^[6]

He married Laura Isobel McLeod in 1934.

Football

St Kilda (VFL)

Granted a clearance from North Lyell Football Club in Tasmania to St Kilda on 18 May 1910,^[7] he played his single match for St Kilda, against Collingwood, on 21 May 1910.^[8]

Footscray (VFA)

He played 11 matches for Footscray in two seasons (1910, 1911).

Williamstown (VFA)

He played for Williamstown after crossing from Footscray during 1911 and in the first four matches of the 1912 season. He played a total of 11 games and kicked 6 goals for 'Town.

On 25 May 1912, "Observer", the football correspondent of The Williamstown Chronicle, reported that, "Lamprell has displeased the committee and will consequently 'stand down' for a while".^[9]

Death

He died at St Vincent's Hospital in Fitzroy on 25 August 1937.^[10]

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. 497. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
2. In Memoriam: Lamprell, The Age, (Monday, 25 November 1918), p.1.
3. Deaths: Lamprell, (Monday, 26 November 1906), p.1.
4. Divorce Court, The Argus, (Tuesday, 28 March 1922), p.8.
5. An Unhappy Marriage: Husband's Strange Request, The Age, (Tuesday, 28 March 1922), p.7.
6. Deaths: Lamprell, The Age, (Wednesday, 14 August 1929), p.1.
7. Football: Players' Permits, The Argus, (Thursday, 19 May 1910), p.5.
8. Lyell, The Zeehan and Dundas Herald, (Thursday, 26 May 1910), p.4.
9. Football Notes, The Williamstown Chronicle, (Saturday, 25 May 1912), p.3.
10. Deaths: Lamprell, The Age, (Friday, 27 August 1937), p.1.

External links

• Tommy Lamprell's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Tommy Lamprell at AustralianFootball.com
• Thomas Lamprell, at The VFA Project.