| Ossy Armstrong | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Oswald Robert Armstrong | ||
| Date of birth | 30 May 1892 | ||
| Place of birth | Geelong, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 1 March 1958 (aged 65) | ||
| Place of death | Breamlea, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Barwon | ||
| Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1915 | Geelong | 5 (0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1915. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Oswald Robert Armstrong (30 May 1892 – 1 March 1958) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Family[edit]
The son of Thomas Armstrong (1855-1910),[2][3] and Elizabeth Jane Armstrong (1859-1946), née Spinks, Oswald Robert Armstrong was born at Geelong on 30 May 1892.
He married Mary Veronica Betts (1893-1964) in 1911.
Football[edit]
Geelong (VFL)[edit]
Recruited from the Barwon Football Club,[5] he played his first match for Geelong against St Kilda at the Junction Oval, on 3 July 1915.[6][7] Overall, he played in five First XVIII games for Geelong, with his last game being that against Fitzroy, at the Brunswick Street Oval, on 21 August 1915, when Geelong was thrashed by Fitzroy, 18.13 (121) to 4.7 (31).[8]
Training Units team (AIF)[edit]
He played for the (losing) Australian Training Units team in the famous "Pioneer Exhibition Game" of Australian Rules football, held in London, in October 1916. A news film was taken at the match.[9][10]
Barwon Football Club[edit]
On his return from active overseas service with the First AIF, Geelong cleared Armstrong back to Barwon.[11]
Military service[edit]
He served overseas with the First AIF. He was captured by the Germans on 11 April 1917, and was a prisoner of war.[12][13]
Death[edit]
He died at Breamlea, Victoria on 1 March 1958.[14]
See also[edit]
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. 27. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ Deaths: Armstrong, The Geelong Advertiser, (Wednesday, 14 December 1910), p.1.
- ^ Mr. Thomas Armstrong, The Geelong Advertiser, (Friday, 16 December 1910), p.5.
- ^ Detail of Organised by Australian Olympic swimmer Lieutenant Frank Beaurepaire, etc., in the collection of the Australian War Memorial (Accession number: H16688).
- ^ Gartland (2020).
- ^ St. Kilda's Third Quarter: Geelong Outplayed, The Argus, (Monday, 5 July 1915), p.5.
- ^ St. Kilda (12.17) Beat Geelong (8.7), The Age, (Monday, 5 July 1915), p.6.
- ^ Fitzroy v. Geelong, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Saturday, 21 August 1915), p.3.
- ^ The original newsreel: Australian Football (Pathé Newsreel, 1916) on YouTube
- ^ The 2019 remastered and colourised version of the original newsreel: Australian Football (Pathé Newsreel, 1916), remastered and colourised version (2019) on YouTube
- ^ Sporting: Football, The Geelong Advertiser, (Thursday, 29 May 1919), p.6.
- ^ See: Service Record, and Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Files.
- ^ Australian Casualties: List No.302: Missing: Victoria, The Argus, (Thursday, 24 May 1917), p.5, and Australian Casualties: 326th List: Prisoners of War, The Bendigo Independent, (Tuesday, 24 July 1917), p.7.
- ^ Oswald Robert Armstrong, at Find a Grave.
References[edit]
- Gartland, Bob. "Almanac Footy History: Ossie not Charlie – in search of a player". Footy Almanac. Footy Almanac. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- Pioneer Exhibition Game Australian Football: in aid of British and French Red Cross Societies: 3rd Australian Division v. Australian Training Units at Queen's Club, West Kensington, on Saturday, October 28th, 1916, at 3pm, Wightman & Co., (London), 1919.
- First World War Embarkation Roll: Private Oswald Robert Armstrong (5972), collection of the Australian War Museum.
- First World War Nominal Record: Oswald Robert Armstrong (5972), collection of the Australian War Museum.
- Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Files, 1914-18 War: 1DRL/0428: 5972 Private Oswald Robert Armstrong: 14th Battalion, collection of the Australian War Museum.
- First World War Service Record: Oswald Robert Armstrong (5972), National Archives of Australia.
External links[edit]
- Ossy Armstrong's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Ossy Armstrong at AustralianFootball.com