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Herbert Belgrave GROSVENOR
1910 - 1980 (70 years)
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Name Herbert Belgrave GROSVENOR Birth 25 Jun 1910 Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia 
[1] Gender Male Occupation 1931 [2] Draftsman, Fremantle, Western Australia Occupation 1949 [2] Railway Engineer, Northam, Western Australia Occupation 1968 [2] Engineer, Fremantle, Western Australia Death 12 Dec 1980 Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia [1] Person ID I17742 NZ Genealogy Project Last Modified 15 Aug 2020
Family Norma Joyce WILSON [Joy], b. 1924, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia d. 16 Nov 2009, Port Bouvard, Western Australia, Australia (Age 85 years) Marriage Y [1] Family ID F5889 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 31 Dec 2024
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Birth - 25 Jun 1910 - Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia 
Death - 12 Dec 1980 - Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Herbert Belgrave GROSVENOR was born in 1910 at Fremantle, Western Australia, the son of Frederick Augustus Grosvenor (1866-1930) and Minnie Florence Davies (1881-1957). He was known as "Gra", pronounced Gray. Gra was married to Norma Joyce Wilson. Gra was best known for his contribution to the administration of amateur Australian Rules Football in Western Australia. Honours awarded to Gra included the National Football League merit award and a MBE for contribution to amateur sport. Gra died in 1980 at Fremantle. In 2004 he was inducted into the West Australian Football Hall of Fame.
Western Australian Football Hall of Fame
Herbert Grosvenor
Herbert Belgrave "Gra" Grosvenor MBE gave a lifetime to amateur football: from being a founding member of CBC Old Boys Football Club in 1933 with Tom Naylor, he served as a player or administrator in some capacity until he passed away in 1980.
Player/Administrator 1933/1980
Fremantle CBC Amateur Football Club
Known as "Mr Football" he played a key role in sustaining the amateur game, helping grow the game from 17 teams when he started to 158 teams by 1980.
Gra began his football career in 1933 as a player and Secretary for CBC Old Boys. He relinquished his role as Secretary in 1936 and in 1937 took up the position of WAAFL Secretary which he held for 44 years. Even when he was moved to Northam for work, Herbert continued to work as WAAFL Secretary, relying on his sister Barbara to do everything he needed to be done in the office.
A revered name at CBC Old Boys and now Fremantle CBC, Gra truly excelled with his work at a WAAFL level.
In 1938 he was appointed team manager of the WA State Carnival Team which travelled to Launceston and was known as one of amateur footballs finest administrators, attending many meetings of other states, always putting the interests of amateur football in WA in a cogent, compelling way.
When World War II ended the game was calling out for astute administrators. From 1947 until he passed away in 1980, Gra served as the WA Delegate to the Australian Amateur Football Council to ensure Western Australia was at the forefront of amateur football in Australia.
Though Fremantle CBC today occupies the Morris Buzzacott Reserve, for many years the club was headquartered opposite the CBC School in Fremantle. Many important Fremantle citizens, many of whom attended the school, found themselves playing football for the Old Boys thanks to Gra Grosvenor.
A Life Member of the WAAFL since 1947, tonight amateur football salutes a giant of the game - Herbert "Gra" Grosvener.
Source: Perth Football Website
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