Willis Reeve
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Willis Reeve | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Willis Leonard Burton Reeve | ||
Date of birth | 29 April 1905 | ||
Place of birth | Mandalay, Myanmar | ||
Date of death | 6 September 2001 | (aged 96)||
Place of death | Carrum, Victoria | ||
Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Fullback | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1927–32 | Fitzroy | 86 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1932. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Willis Leonard Burton Reeve (29 April 1905 – 6 September 2001) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
The eldest son of British Army Sergeant Leonard Reeve (1866–1955) and Grace Marie Reeve, née Weston (1881–1948), Willis Reeve was born in what was then Burma on 29 April 1905. The Reeve family migrated to Australia in 1911.
Reeve later served in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II.[2]
Notes
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 735. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ "World War II Roll: Willis Leonard Burton Reeve". Department of Veterans Affairs.
External links
- Willis Reeve's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Willis Reeve at AustralianFootball.com
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