James Harold Tarbotton, a.k.a. Tarbolton (5 May 1899 – 4 April 1997)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | James Harold Tarbotton | ||
| Date of birth | 5 May 1899 | ||
| Place of birth | Bradford, England | ||
| Date of death | 4 April 1997 (aged 97) | ||
| Original team(s) | Railways (Sydney) | ||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1923–1926 | Fitzroy | 37 (1) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1926. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Family
editThe son of James Thorpe Tarbotton (1856-1942),[2] and Mary Stuart Tarbotton (1857-1946), née MacLaurin,[3] James Harold Tarbotton was born at Bradford, England on 5 May 1899.
He married Nita Agnes Banks (1901-1946) in 1923.[4]
World War I
editTarbotton, then living in Sydney, enlisted to serve in the Australian Army in July 1916, falsifying his mother’s signature on his enlistment papers and lying about his age. When his mother discovered his deception, she wrote to the War Office and he was discharged in December 1916. In March 1917 Tarbotton re-enlisted the 1st AIF and served in the Middle East during the later stages of the war.
Football
editTarbotton came to Fitzroy from the Railways club in Sydney.[5] He was on a half back flank for Fitzroy in the 1923 VFL Grand Final, which they lost to Essendon.[6]
World War II
editTarbotton later served in the Australian Army during World War II.[7]
Notes
edit- ^ Australian Football.com
- ^ Deaths: Tarbotton, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Monday, 10 August 1942), p.10.
- ^ Funerals: Tarbotton, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Thursday, 12 December 1946), p.24.
- ^ Deaths: Tarbotton, The Age, (Saturday, 12 January 1946), p.11.
- ^ Holmesby & Main (2007).
- ^ Lovett (2004).
- ^ "World War II Nominal Roll: TARBOTTON, James Harold". Department of Veterans Affairs.
References
edit- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
- Lovett, Michael (2004). AFL 2004 - The Official Statistical History Of The AFL. AFL Publishing. ISBN 0-9580300-5-7.
- Four Different Birth Dates for this Player, NSW Australian Football History Society, 16 February 2015.
- Tarbotton Farewelled: To Play in Melbourne, The (Sydney) Daily Telegraph, (Monday, 17 July 1922), p.8.
- Gossip of the Clubs: Sydney Player with Fitzroy, The Herald, (Friday, 18 August 1922), p.4.
- Fitzroy Jubilant, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 28 April 1923), p.5.
External links
edit- James Harold Tarbolton, profile at NSW Australian Football History Society, 21 September 2019.
- Jim Tarbotton's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Jim Tarbotton at AustralianFootball.com
- Jim Tarbolton (sic) at Boyles Football Photos.
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