Arthur Howie Hart (10 June 1905 – 12 May 1989) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Brunswick Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), and the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2014), p.370.
Football Arthur "Steve" Hart played senior football with Stawell in 1922, under captain-coach, Bill Twomey and then played in Stawell's 1923 Wimmera Football League grand final side that lost to Warracknabeal.
Hart then played with Brunswick from 1924 to 1927.
Hart then spent two seasons with St. Kilda in 1928 and 1929.
Hart was appointed as captain-coach of his former home town, the Stawell Football Club in 1930, when he gained a teaching position at the Stawell High School.
Hart was captain-coach of Stawell when they won three Wimmera Football League premierships in 1930, 1931 and 1933.
Hart coached Stawell for eight successive years from 1930 to 1937, including their grand final loss to Dimboola in 1937.
In 1938, Hart's teaching career saw him move to Daylesford, where he joined the committee of the Daylesford Football Club.
Family The son of Adam Hart (1859–1941),Country News: Stawell, The Age, (Monday, 25 August 1941), p.6. and Ellen Matilda "Nellie" Hart (1876–1933), née Collins,Fatal Accident when returning from Church, The Horsham Times, (Friday, 22 September 1933), p.4.Inquest on Car Victim, The Horsham Times, (Friday, 29 September 1933), p.4.Deaths: Hart, The (Adelaide) Advertiser, (Thursday, 28 September 1933), p.14. Arthur Howie Hart was born at Beulah, Victoria on 10 June 1905.Note that, although his birth records have his name as Arthur Harvie Hart, every other record (death, military, electoral, etc.) has Arthur Howie Hart.
He married Minna Elizabeth Wilson (1907–2000) on 22 May 1931.Weddings: Hart—Wilson, The Shepparton Advertiser, (Thursday, 28 May 1931), p.3.
Military service A school teacher at Mildura High School, he enlisted in the Australian Volunteer Defence Corps in March 1942.
Death He died at Mill Park, Victoria on 12 May 1989.
Notes
References 'Victor', "First Kick at Fourteen; Playing Senior Football at Nineteen", The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 23 August 1924), p.8. Ambition Achieved: Arthur Hart's Record, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 27 September 1930), p.74. Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2014), The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.), Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. World War Two Nominal Roll: Lieutenant Arthur Howie Hart (V361175), Department of Veterans' Affairs. World War Two Service Record: Lieutenant Arthur Howie Hart (V361175), National Archives of Australia.
External links
Arthur Hart, at The VFA Project. 1929 - St Kilda FC team photo 1930 - Wimmera FL Premiers (Stawell FC) & Runners Up (Dimboola FC) team photos 1931 - Wimmera FL: Stawell FC & Murtoa FC team photos 1932 - Stawell FC & Warracknabeal FC team photos 1934 - Ararat FC & Stawell FC team photos 1937 - Stawell FC & Ararat FC team photos 1937 - Wimmera FL Premiers (Dimboola FC) & Runners Up (Stawell FC) team photos