Research Missing DOD or DOB for League players (AFL)

[Gibbsy]

Haven't read the entire thread so I hope this is a positive contribution.

According to some crap code I wrote there are 5 players currently listed on AFL Tables with no birth date given - not sure if there's good info on any of these.

Dick Casey (South M 1905-1912)
Morrie Davidson (North M 1930)
Bill Hennington (South M 1914)
Kelly Robinson (Fitzroy 1897-1901, 2x Premiership player)
Jim Schellnack (South M 1904)

AFL Tables - Dick Casey - Stats - Statistics

AFL Tables - Morrie Davidson - Stats - Statistics

AFL Tables - Bill Hennington - Stats - Statistics

AFL Tables - Kelly Robinson - Stats - Statistics

AFL Tables - Jim Schellnack - Stats - Statistics

Robinson is a good shout, thanks. We don’t have him on our list. Wikipedia has 1876 (no date, just year). Draftguru has 1873 (old data?)

 

[GreyCrow]

James Peter '' Kelly '' Robinson died Nov 26 1943 aged 67

Former Fitzroy Footballer Dead - The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956) - 29 Nov 1943

JAMES PETER "KELLY" ROBINSON, 67, of Liverpool-st„ North Fitzroy, star wing player for Fitzroy from 1898 to 1902, died on Friday after a long illness. ...

nla.gov.au

Given the lateness of the year it doesnt help that much

Ancestry has trees but none with DOB

There may be hospital records?

Cremated and Ashes scattered - no info on Fawkner Cemetery records

 

[35Daicos]

Robinson is a good shout, thanks. We don’t have him on our list. Wikipedia has 1876 (no date, just year). Draftguru has 1873 (old data?)

Yes, it would have to be:

This^ is what the old AFL Historical Statistics site had for him on the Fitzroy 1897 playing list.

The most recent edition of The Encyclopedia calls him John Henry Kelly Robinson, with no DOB. His Wiki page has: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Robinson