Harry Coupar Pye (10 August 1880 – 13 March 1953) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Hornsby & Main (2014), p.724.
Family He married twice. He married his first wife, Minnie Brown (-1950), on 8 January 1908.Weddings: Mr. Harry C. Pye and Miss Minnie Brown, Table Talk, (Thursday, 23 January 1908), p.26; Silver Weddings: Pye—Brown, The Age, (Saturday, 7 January 1933), p.5.Deaths: Pye, The Age, (Friday, 1 September 1950), p.2. They had two children. He married his second wife, Priscilla Humerston (1890-1968), in 1951, and became stepfather to her daughter.
Football Carlton (VFL) Recruited from a local church team, St Lukes, Pye played a total of 16 senior games for Carlton over two seasons: 14 games in 1901, and 2 games in 1902. He played in the first two matches in 1902 under new coach Jack Worrall, and then left the club — in round 3, Worrall made 8 changes (including new players) to the previous week's team, in which Pye had played his final match.Round 3, 1902, Blueseum.
Brighton (VFA) He was cleared from Carlton to Brighton Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) on 30 April 1906.Football, The Age, Tuesday, 1 May 1906), p.8.The Brighton Football Team (Association), The Leader, (Saturday, 27 June 1908), p.26; Brighton Football Club — Season 1906, The (Brighton) Southern Cross, (Saturday, 8 September 1906), p.4.
Death He died at his residence in St Kilda on 13 March 1953.Deaths: Pye, The Argus, (Saturday, 14 March 1953), p.18.
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Harry Pye's profile at Blueseum Harry Pye's profile at The VFA Project