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Rolland Fairley

Rolland Fairley

Australian rules footballer

Rolland Fairley (7 December 1904 – 10 June 1930) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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Born in Shepparton to John Frederick Fairley and Helen Georgina McCracken, Rolland Fairley was educated at Shepparton High School.[1]

Arriving from South Melbourne Districts, Fairley played eight games for South Melbourne in the 1927 VFL season.[2] He appeared two more times for the club in 1928 but finished the season at Hawthorn, playing 12 games.[3] All his appearance with Hawthorn were losses.[3]

He returned to country football with Shepparton in 1929.[4]

Fairley was killed in a road incident at Wallan in 1930, en route to Shepparton. He had been changing a tyre on the side of the road when he was struck by the driver of another vehicle.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Shepparton high school passes". Shepparton Advertiser. Vic. 31 January 1918. p. 3 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. [2]
    Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  3. [3]
    AFL Tables: Rolland Fairley
  4. [4]
    "FOOTBALL". The Argus. Melbourne. 11 April 1929. p. 14 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. [5]
    Kilmore Free Press,"Inquest", 31 July 1930, p. 2
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