- Harold Comte
Infobox afl player | firstname = Harold
lastname = Comte
birthdate = 10 March 1909
birthplace =
originalteam = Echuca
heightweight = 175 cm / 71 kg
dead =
deathdate = Death date and age|1945|5|30|1909|3|10|df=y
deathplace = Tarakan,Dutch East Indies
debutdate = 1930
debutteam = St Kilda
debutopponent =
debutstadium =
playingteams = St Kilda (1930-37)
* 104 games, 55 goals
coach =
coachingteams =
statsend = 1937
careerhighlights =Harold Comte (10 March 1909 — 30 May 1945) was an
Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the VFL, and Sandringham in the VFA during the 1930s. He fought in World War Two with the 2/24th Battalion, Second A.I.F., and was killed in action in theBattle of Tarakan (1945) .Comte usually played as a rover or in defence. He won St Kilda's Best and fairest in 1933.
See also
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VFL/AFL players who died in active service References
* Main, J. & Allen, D., "Comte, 'Harold' Henry", pp.224-226 in Main, J. & Allen, D., "Fallen — The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War", Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. ISBN 1-74095-010-0
External links
* [http://www.awm.gov.au/roh/person.asp?p=147-4579 Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: William Henry James Comte (VX102248)]
* [http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/H/Harry_Comte.html AFL Statistics: Harry Comte]
* [http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/co-cz.htm#Harold%20Comte%20(St%20Kilda) Full Points Footy Biography: Harold Comte]
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