Eric Huppatz
Footscray
AFL career
4 games4 goals
- Debut
- R8 1941 v GEE21 June 1941
- Most recent
- R14 1942 v HAW8 Aug 1942
Stats
1942 | FSC | 1 | 1.0 |
1941 | FSC | 3 | 1.0 |
Bio
Recruited from Warracknabeal in the Wimmera district, Eric Huppatz joined Footscray during the early years of the Second World War. He made an immediate impression as a forward, booting three goals on debut against North Melbourne in Round 1, 1941, appearing to settle quickly into the pace of VFL football. However, he struggled to maintain a regular place in the senior side, adding just two more games that season and a final solitary appearance in 1942. His brief four-game tenure was characteristic of the high turnover on club lists during the wartime era, though he finished his career with a commendable average of a goal per game.
Profile
- Born
- 11 Jan 1918
- Died
- 06 Sept 1983 (aged 65y 238d)
- Birthplace
- Warracknabeal, VIC
- Deathplace
- Portland, VIC
- Height
- 173 cm
- Weight
- 73 kg
Teams
Family
- Son:Kevin Huppatz
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from Warracknabeal in the Wimmera district, Eric Huppatz joined Footscray during the early years of the Second World War. He made an immediate impression as a forward, booting three goals on debut against North Melbourne in Round 1, 1941, appearing to settle quickly into the pace of VFL football. However, he struggled to maintain a regular place in the senior side, adding just two more games that season and a final solitary appearance in 1942. His brief four-game tenure was characteristic of the high turnover on club lists during the wartime era, though he finished his career with a commendable average of a goal per game.