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Australian rules footballer

Harry Curtis
Curtis during his Collingwood career
Personal information
Full name	Harry Richard Curtis
Date of birth	3 October 1892
Place of birth	Carlton, Victoria
Date of death	31 March 1968(1968-03-31) (aged 75)
Place of death	South Melbourne, Victoria
Original team(s)	Carlton Collegians
Debut	Round 14, 1913, Carlton vs. University, at Princes Park
Height	189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Playing career
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1913	Carlton	002 00(1)
1914–1923	Collingwood	122 (149)
Total		124 (150)
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1923.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Harry Richard Curtis (3 October 1892 – 31 March 1968) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton and Collingwood in the VFL.

Biography

Curtis started his career as a ruckman at Carlton, the club his older brother, Charles Ernest Curtis (1878-1959), had played for.

He could only manage two senior appearances in the 1913 season and the following year debuted for Collingwood. Although he was a ruckman in Collingwood's losing 1915 Grand Final side, he was used mostly by the club as a centre half-forward. It was in that position that he played in both the 1917 and 1919 premierships at Collingwood. He was one of the key players in the 1917 Grand Final with three goals and played in another losing Grand Final in 1920.

In 1923, his final season, Curtis captained the Magpies before retiring due to business commitments. He served at Collingwood's president from 1924 to 1950, a record stretch by a president of any VFL/AFL club. In 2007 he was inducted into Collingwood's Hall of Fame.

References

Blueseum: Harry Curtis

Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

External links

Harry Curtis's playing statistics from AFL Tables

v t e Collingwood Football Club 1917/19 VFL premiers
1917: Collingwood 9.20 (74) defeated Fitzroy 5.9 (39), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1919: Collingwood 11.12 (78) defeated Richmond 7.11 (53), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
3/2. Curtis 8/5. Drummond 10/6. Hughes 13. Lee 14/11. Laxton 18/14. McCarthy (c 1919) 19/15. Pannam 20/16. Reynolds 23/18. Saunders 26/10. Lumsden 27/12. Mutch
Coach: McHale

v t e Captains of the Collingwood Football Club
VFL/AFL	1897: Strickland 1898–1899: Proudfoot 1900: Condon 1901: Proudfoot 1902–1904: Tulloch 1905: C. Pannam 1906: Dummett 1906–1908: Leach 1908: Drohan 1908–1909: Nash 1910–1911: Angus 1912–1913: McHale 1914–1916: Minogue 1917–1918: Wilson 1919: McCarthy 1920–1921: Lee 1922: Drummond 1923: Curtis 1924–1926: Tyson 1927–1934: Coventry 1935–1939: Collier 1940–1941: Regan 1942: Kyne 1943: Regan 1944: Fricker 1945: A. Pannam 1946–1949: Kyne 1950–1951: Hocking 1952–1955: Richards 1955–1956: Mann 1957: Twomey 1958–1959: Tuck 1960–1963: Weideman 1964–1965: Gabelich 1965: Henderson 1966–1969: Tuddenham 1970–1971: Waters 1971–1975: W. Richardson 1976: Tuddenham 1977: M. Richardson 1978: Thompson 1979–1980: R. Shaw 1981–1982: P. Moore 1983–1986: Williams 1987–1993: T. Shaw 1994–1998: Brown 1999–2007: Buckley 2008: Burns 2009–2013: Maxwell 2014–2022: Pendlebury 2023–: D. Moore
AFL Women's	2017–2020: Chiocci 2021–2022 (S7): Chiocci/Davey 2023–: Davey

Captains of the Collingwood Football Club

VFL/AFL

1897: Strickland
1898–1899: Proudfoot
1900: Condon
1901: Proudfoot
1902–1904: Tulloch
1905: C. Pannam
1906: Dummett
1906–1908: Leach
1908: Drohan
1908–1909: Nash
1910–1911: Angus
1912–1913: McHale
1914–1916: Minogue
1917–1918: Wilson
1919: McCarthy
1920–1921: Lee
1922: Drummond
1923: Curtis
1924–1926: Tyson
1927–1934: Coventry
1935–1939: Collier
1940–1941: Regan
1942: Kyne
1943: Regan
1944: Fricker
1945: A. Pannam
1946–1949: Kyne
1950–1951: Hocking
1952–1955: Richards
1955–1956: Mann
1957: Twomey
1958–1959: Tuck
1960–1963: Weideman
1964–1965: Gabelich
1965: Henderson
1966–1969: Tuddenham
1970–1971: Waters
1971–1975: W. Richardson
1976: Tuddenham
1977: M. Richardson
1978: Thompson
1979–1980: R. Shaw
1981–1982: P. Moore
1983–1986: Williams
1987–1993: T. Shaw
1994–1998: Brown
1999–2007: Buckley
2008: Burns
2009–2013: Maxwell
2014–2022: Pendlebury
2023–: D. Moore

AFL Women's

2017–2020: Chiocci
2021–2022 (S7): Chiocci/Davey
2023–: Davey

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