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{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Infobox AFL player 2▼
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
| name = Rupert Balfe
| image = AWM.H05654.jpeg
| alt =
| caption =
| fullname = Joseph Rupert Balfe
| birth_date = {{birth date|1890|3|9|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Brunswick, Victoria
| death_date = {{death date and age|1915|4|25|1890|3|9|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Anzac Cove]], [[Gallipoli]], [[Ottoman Turkey]]
| originalteam = [[Brunswick Football Club|Brunswick]] ([[Victorian Football Association|VFA]])
| debutdate =
| debutteam = [[University Football Club|University]]
| debutopponent = [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]]
| debutstadium = [[Junction Oval]]
| height = <!-- ### cm -->
| playingteams = [[University Football Club|University]] (1909,1911)▼
| weight = <!-- ### kg -->
| position =
| statsend =
| years1 = 1909, 1911
| games_goals1 = 7 (2)
| careerhighlights =
}}
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==Early life and education==
The son of Matthew Balfe (later mayor of Brunswick) and Sarah Knott, Rupert Balfe was born in Brunswick in 1890. Balfe attended [[Princes Hill State School]] before earning a [[scholarship]] to attend Thomas Palmer's University High School, in Grattan Street, Carlton.<ref>Palmer's institution, University High School, was a private school; and has no connection of any sort with the later State school, [[University High School, Melbourne]] which commenced teaching in 1910: see, for instance, advertisement at [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/73764646 ''The Footscray Independent'', (Saturday, 3 March 1894), p. 2]; also: [http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/palmer-thomas-7950 Clements, M.A., "Palmer, Thomas (1858–1927)", in Serle, G. (ed), ''Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 11 1891–1939 (Nes-Smi)'', Melbourne University Press, (Carlton), 1988].</ref>
After completing his secondary education in 1908, he studied medicine at the [[University of Melbourne]] and was in his final year when he enlisted to serve in World War I.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154125779 |title=LIEUT RUPERT BALFE |newspaper=Brunswick And Coburg Star |location=Victoria, Australia |date=21 May 1915 |page=1}}</ref>
==The
==World War I==
==Friendship with Menzies==
Balfe had a strong friendship with [[Robert Menzies]], who was studying
<blockquote>
'''In Memoriam Lieut. J. R. Balfe, Killed in Action, Gallipoli, July 1915'''<ref name="menzies">{{cite web | url = http://www.menziesvirtualmuseum.org.au/1910s/1915.html | title = MVM 1915 | publisher = Menzies Virtual Museum |
<poem style="font-style:italic;">
His was the call that came from far away –
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==See also==
* [[List of
* [[List of Victorian Football League players who died on active service]]
==Notes==
{{Reflist|group=note}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
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* [http://www.awm.gov.au/roh/person.asp?p=145-2211 Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Joseph Rupert Balfe]▼
*{{AFL Tables | R/Rupert_Balfe }}
▲*Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: [http://www.awm.gov.au/roh/person.asp?p=145-2211
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[[Category:University Football Club players]]
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[[Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria]]▼
[[Category:Australian Army officers]]
[[Category:Australian military personnel killed in World War I]]
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[[Category:People from Brunswick, Victoria]]
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