Full name Henry Cordner Name Harry Cordner Place of birth Bendigo, Victoria | Current club Retired | |
Date of birth (1885-06-17)17 June 1885 Date of death 14 November 1943(1943-11-14) (aged 58) Role Australian Rules Footballer Died November 14, 1943, Hobart, Australia | ||
Henry "Harry" Cordner (17 June 1885 – 14 November 1943) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and University in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
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Education
He graduated M.B., Ch.B. from the University of Melbourne in 1909.
Football
Harry's brother Ted Cordner, and his cousins Alan Cordner and "Larry" Cordner, also played senior VFL football.
Harry is the uncle of the Don Cordner, Dennis Cordner, Ted Cordner and John Cordner who all played for Melbourne in the 1940s.
Soldier
Overseas at the time that war broke out, Dr. Henry Cordner was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps, on 16 August 1914, promoted to captain on 16 August 1916, and served in France.
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