Harry Neate
Essendon
AFL career
3 games0 goals
- Debut
- R2 1914 v UNI2 May 1914
- Most recent
- R3 1915 v FIT8 May 1915
Stats
1915 | ESS | 1 | 0.0 |
1914 | ESS | 2 | 0.0 |
Bio
Recruited from the prestigious Xavier College football program, Harry Neate was a Carlton-born prospect who arrived at Essendon during a highly competitive era for the club. Standing 178cm—a solid height for a utility in the pre-war period—Neate broke into the senior lineup in early 1914, making his debut against St Kilda just days after his 20th birthday. Despite his school football pedigree, he found it difficult to hold a spot in a Same Olds side that finished second on the ladder that year, managing just two appearances in his debut season and a solitary game the following year. His brief tenure at the top level concluded after only three matches, leaving him as a fringe player whose career was effectively over before the league felt the full impact of the Great War.
Profile
- Born
- 26 Apr 1894
- Died
- 28 July 1956 (aged 62y 93d)
- Birthplace
- Carlton, VIC
- Deathplace
- Kew, VIC
Teams
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from the prestigious Xavier College football program, Harry Neate was a Carlton-born prospect who arrived at Essendon during a highly competitive era for the club. Standing 178cm—a solid height for a utility in the pre-war period—Neate broke into the senior lineup in early 1914, making his debut against St Kilda just days after his 20th birthday. Despite his school football pedigree, he found it difficult to hold a spot in a Same Olds side that finished second on the ladder that year, managing just two appearances in his debut season and a solitary game the following year. His brief tenure at the top level concluded after only three matches, leaving him as a fringe player whose career was effectively over before the league felt the full impact of the Great War.