Rolland Fairley
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Rolland Fairley | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Rolland Fairley | ||
Date of birth | 7 December 1904 | ||
Place of birth | Shepparton, Victoria | ||
Date of death | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. | ||
Place of death | Wallan, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | South Melbourne Districts | ||
Height/Weight | 179 cm / 80 kg | ||
Position(s) | Follower | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1927–1928 1928 Total |
South Melbourne Hawthorn |
10 (3) 12 (1) 22 (4) |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1928 season.
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Rolland Fairley (7 December 1904 – 10 June 1930) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Born in Shepparton to John Frederick Fairley and Helen Georgina McCracken, Rolland Fairley was educated at Shepparton High School.[1]
Arriving from South Melbourne Districts, Fairley played eight games for South Melbourne in the 1927 VFL season.[2] He appeared two more times for the club in 1928 but finished the season at Hawthorn, playing 12 games.[3] All his appearance with Hawthorn were losses.[3]
He returned to country football with Shepparton in 1929.[4]
Fairley was killed in a road accident at Wallan in 1930, en route to Shepparton. He had been changing a tyre on the side of the road when he was struck by another vehicle.[5]
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- Sydney Swans players
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- Shepparton Football Club players
- Road incident deaths in Australia
- Accidental deaths in Victoria (Australia)
- Pedestrian road incident deaths
- 1930 deaths