Archie Pratt
South Melbourne, Melbourne and St Kilda
AFL career
12 games3 goals
- Debut
- R1 1905 v GEE6 May 1905
- Most recent
- R17 1910 v FIT27 Aug 1910
Stats
Bio
A footballing nomad of the federation era, Pratt arrived in the VFL via the goldfields after being recruited to South Melbourne from South Ballarat. His career was defined by constant movement rather than stability, as he managed to represent three separate League clubs—South, St Kilda, and Melbourne—across a disjointed six-year window. Operating as a journeyman utility who alternated between VFL and VFA duties, he showed early promise by booting three goals in his debut season but ultimately struggled to command a regular senior position at any of his stops. He remains a curiosity of the era for having donned the guernseys of three foundation clubs in such a short span, eventually concluding his top-flight service with the Redlegs in 1910.
Profile
- Full name
- Archie T. Pratt
- Born
- 31 Jan 1882
- Died
- 29 Aug 1941 (aged 59y 210d)
- Birthplace
- Collingwood, VIC
- Deathplace
- Heidelberg, VIC
Teams
Bio
1 revisionA footballing nomad of the federation era, Pratt arrived in the VFL via the goldfields after being recruited to South Melbourne from South Ballarat. His career was defined by constant movement rather than stability, as he managed to represent three separate League clubs—South, St Kilda, and Melbourne—across a disjointed six-year window. Operating as a journeyman utility who alternated between VFL and VFA duties, he showed early promise by booting three goals in his debut season but ultimately struggled to command a regular senior position at any of his stops. He remains a curiosity of the era for having donned the guernseys of three foundation clubs in such a short span, eventually concluding his top-flight service with the Redlegs in 1910.