Pat Descrimes

Pat Descrimes
Pat Descrimes
	Descrimes in 1899
Personal information
Full name	Patrick Joseph Descrimes
Date of birth	31 December 1877
Place of birth	Geelong, Victoria
Date of death	5 January 1939 (aged 61)
Place of death	Dromana, Victoria
Original team(s)	North Carlton
Position(s)	Follower
Playing career1
Years	Club
1897–1900	Fitzroy
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1900.
Career highlights
	2× VFL premiership player: 1898, 1899;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Patrick Joseph "Pat" Descrimes (31 December 1877 – 5 January 1939)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[2]

Descrimes debuted at Fitzroy in opening game of the inaugural VFL season in 1897 and went on to play four seasons for the club. He was a follower in Fitzroy's 1898 premiership team and a half forward flanker in their premiership side in 1899.^[3]

References

^ "MR. P. J. DESCRIMES". The Argus. Melbourne. 7 January 1939. p. 10.
^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 223. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
^ Some sources have Bert Sharpe in the 1899 premiership team instead of Descrimes but Sharpe was a late omission when his father died.

External links

Pat Descrimes's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Pat Descrimes at AustralianFootball.com

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[1] "MR. P. J. DESCRIMES". The Argus. Melbourne. 7 January 1939. p. 10.

[2] Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 223. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

[3] Some sources have Bert Sharpe in the 1899 premiership team instead of Descrimes but Sharpe was a late omission when his father died.

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