Howard Day
Hawthorn
AFL career
3 games6 goals
- Debut
- R5 1939 v CAR20 May 1939
- Most recent
- R10 1939 v ESS24 June 1939
Stats
Bio
Recruited from the amateur ranks at Collegians, Howard Day was a promising forward who made a brief but sharp impact for Hawthorn during the 1939 season. He displayed an immediate eye for the goals, booting six majors in just three senior appearances—a strike rate that suggested a bright future at VFL level. However, his football journey was abruptly curtailed by the outbreak of the Second World War. Day enlisted in the Australian Army, serving his country rather than returning to the field, leaving his short-lived VFL career as a tantalising "what if" for the Mayblooms.
Profile
- Born
- 10 Aug 1917
- Died
- 09 Mar 1998 (aged 80y 211d)
- Birthplace
- Yackandandah, VIC
- Height
- 177 cm
- Weight
- 73 kg
Teams
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from the amateur ranks at Collegians, Howard Day was a promising forward who made a brief but sharp impact for Hawthorn during the 1939 season. He displayed an immediate eye for the goals, booting six majors in just three senior appearances—a strike rate that suggested a bright future at VFL level. However, his football journey was abruptly curtailed by the outbreak of the Second World War. Day enlisted in the Australian Army, serving his country rather than returning to the field, leaving his short-lived VFL career as a tantalising "what if" for the Mayblooms.