George Frederick Kanngieser (27 February 1912 – 27 January 1997) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
| George Kanngieser | |||
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 Kanngieser in 1935 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | George Frederick Kanngieser | ||
| Date of birth | 27 February 1912 | ||
| Place of birth | Collingwood, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 27 January 1997 (aged 84) | ||
| Original team(s) | Brunswick | ||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1935 | Collingwood | 1 (0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1935. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Family edit
The son of Jonathan Anthony Kanngieser (1877-1952),[2] and Emily Letitia Kanngieser (1880-1916),[3] née Trinnear,[4] George Frederick Kanngieser was born in Collingwood on 27 February 1912. He married Mary Lorrane Cario Bennet in 1937.
Football edit
Promoted from the Collingwood Second XVIII, he played his only First XVIII match for Collingwood on 24 August 1935, against Melbourne.[5] Selected in the first ruck, in a drawn match — Collingwood 11.13 (79) to Melbourne's 10.19 (79) — "Kanngieser, for a newcomer, showed promise".[6]
He was cleared from Collingwood to Brunswick Football Club, in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1937.[7] He played fifteen games there for two years, selected as an emergency for Brunswick in the 1938 grand final,[8] but was not part of the premiership team.[9]
Kanngieser was cleared from Brunswick to Preston Football Club, also in the VFA, in 1939,[10] where he played two games.[11]
Notes edit
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 463. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ Deaths: Kanngieser, The Age, (Monday, 29 September 1952), p.7.
- ^ Deaths: Kanngieser, The Argus, (Monday, 4 December 1916), p.1.
- ^ Marriages: Kanngieser—Trinnear, The Age, (Saturday, 8 May 1909), p.7.
- ^ Regan, Rumney, Froude Out, The Age, (Friday, 23 August 1935), p.9; League Teams: Collingwood, The Age, (Friday, 23 August 1935), p.9.
- ^ Melbourne's Great Finish: Drawn Game at Collingwood, The Age, (Monday, 26 August 1935), p.6.
- ^ Foster Cleared, The Argus, (Thursday, 8 April 1937), p.15.
- ^ Players in Grand Final, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Friday, 19 August 1938), p.18.
- ^ Geoff de Fraga (20 August 1938). "Brunswick hold lead". The Herald. p. 12.
- ^ Ryan and Kinnear, The Age, (Wednesday, 19 April 1939), p.8; From Forward's Notebook, The Age, (Friday, 21 April 1939), p.7.
- ^ "All Time Player List for Preston". Retrieved 17 February 2024.
External links edit
- George Kanngieser's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- George Kanngieser's profile at Collingwood Forever
- The VFA Project: Kanngieser, George.
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