Herb Byrne
Fitzroy
AFL career
2 games0 goals
- Debut
- R2 1907 v SME4 May 1907
- Most recent
- R3 1907 v GEE11 May 1907
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Bio
Recruited from Xavier College, Herb Byrne was a promising schoolboy footballer who managed just two senior appearances for Fitzroy at the start of the 1907 VFL season. His brief tenure at Brunswick Street serves as a footnote to a highly decorated military career, which saw him enlist for service in World War I and see action in Gallipoli and Egypt. Byrne was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in 1917 for gallantry at Ypres—rescuing wounded men under shellfire despite sustaining injuries himself—and later returned to uniform as a Lieutenant-Colonel during the Second World War, cementing his legacy as one of the league's most distinguished soldier-players.
Profile
- Born
- 28 Oct 1887
- Died
- 03 Aug 1959 (aged 71y 279d)
- Birthplace
- Richmond, VIC
- Deathplace
- Kew, VIC
Teams
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from Xavier College, Herb Byrne was a promising schoolboy footballer who managed just two senior appearances for Fitzroy at the start of the 1907 VFL season. His brief tenure at Brunswick Street serves as a footnote to a highly decorated military career, which saw him enlist for service in World War I and see action in Gallipoli and Egypt. Byrne was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in 1917 for gallantry at Ypres—rescuing wounded men under shellfire despite sustaining injuries himself—and later returned to uniform as a Lieutenant-Colonel during the Second World War, cementing his legacy as one of the league's most distinguished soldier-players.