Horrie Gorringe

Horace Charles "Horrie" Gorringe was an Australian rules football player in Tasmania, and is considered one of the greatest rovers[3] in the game's history.[4][5] Horrie Gorringe was born on 4 July 1895 and died on 17 July 1994, aged 99.[6]

Horrie Gorringe
Gorringe with the Cananore FC
Personal information
Full name	Horace Charles Gorringe
Date of birth	(1895-07-04)4 July 1895
Place of birth	Tasmania
Date of death	17 July 1994(1994-07-17) (aged 99)
Place of death	Cygnet, Tasmania
Original team(s)	Cananore
Debut	25 April 1914 [1], Cananore vs. North Hobart, at TCA Ground
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb) [2]
Playing career
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1914–1930	Cananore
Career highlights
Player of the Carnival, 1924 Hobart Carnival 5 time Cananore premiership player Named as a forward pocket in the Tasmanian Team of the Century in 2004 Inducted as an Icon of the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame in 2005 Inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2011

Gorringe played for the Cananore club in the Tasmanian Football League between the years 1914 and 1930. He was Club Champion in 1928, winning the Most Consistent award.[7] He played numerous matches at representative level for both the league and the state.

The "Horrie Gorringe Medal" was between 2002 and 2005 a brief replacement of the William Leitch Medal for the best and fairest footballer in Tasmania.[8] Gorringe was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2011;[9] he was the first and, as of 2014, only player who played his entire career in Tasmania to have been inducted.[10]