Vic Cumberland
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Harry Vivian Cumberland | ||
| Date of birth | 4 July 1877 | ||
| Place of birth | Tasmania | ||
| Date of death | 15 July 1927 (aged 50) | ||
| Original team(s) | Brighton (Tasmania) | ||
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 86.5 kg (191 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1898–1901 | Melbourne | 50 (15) | |
| 1903–1904 | St Kilda | 26 (20) | |
| 1905–1906 | Auckland Imperial | 32 | |
| 1907–1908 | St Kilda | 28 (20) | |
| 1909–1911 | Sturt | 39 (33) | |
| 1912–1915, 1920 | St Kilda | 72 (32) | |
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| Victoria | 3 (3) | ||
| South Australia | 9 | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1920.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Harold Vivian "Vic" Cumberland (4 July 1877 – 15 July 1927), also known as Harry Cumberland, was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).
The youngest son of Perrygring and Lillian Cumberland, he was born in Tasmania, on 4 July 1877. His older, much taller and much heavier brother, Cec Cumberland, played five senior VFL games for Melbourne in 1899 alongside Vic — and, due his brother's size, weight, and seniority, Vic was often referred to as "Little" Cumberland.
Initially playing senior football in Tasmania, Cumberland returned to Victoria and played with VFL club Melbourne from 1898 to 1901. Later he had several periods at rival VFL club St Kilda, starting in 1903. In 1905 and 1906 Cumberland spent time in New Zealand and played for the Auckland Imperial Football Club in the Australian Football League of Auckland.
After returning to Australia and another stint with St Kilda, Cumberland moved to South Australia in 1909 to play with SANFL club Sturt, winning the league's Magarey Medal award as the fairest and most brilliant in 1911, his final year with the club.
Although only 182 cm, Cumberland was immensely strong and a natural running ruckman. He was a strong mark and an excellent long kick, especially renowned for his place-kicks, with the skill to grab the ball from the ruck and handpass to a team-mate.
Cumberland was — and still is to this day — the oldest player to ever play VFL football; he was 43 years of age when he retired. He went to World War I (First AIF Service Number 2886) and was wounded three times.
In 1927, Cumberland was involved in an accident when he was riding his motorbike in Ferntree Gully, Victoria and hit a cow. He died in hospital several months later, on 15 July 1927.
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