heightweight death_place death_date years birth_place clubs article_title debutstadium statsend originalteam birth_date debutdate debutopponent debutteam name
184 cm , 80 kg ceduna , south australia 2 november 1975 1914 -- 1919 nirranda , victoria carlton herb burleigh
 mcg 1919 morwell 14 june 1892 round 3 , 1914 university carlton herb burleigh
herb burleigh

herb burleigh -lrb- 14 june 1892 -- 2 november 1975 -rrb- was an australian rules footballer in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- .
burleigh made his debut for the carlton football club in round 3 of the 1914 season .
in 1915 he played as centre half forward and was carlton 's leading goalkicker for the season .
he enlisted during the 1915 season but deferred his call up until after carlton had won the 1915 vfl grand final .
in september 1917 his right forearm was severely injured and , despite surgery , it was clear that his front-line military service was over .
in january , 1918 , he returned to australia and was later discharged from the army as medically unfit .
despite his injury , burleigh was determined to return to football and he managed three more games in the 1919 season before his war injury forced him into retirement .
burleigh returned to his original career of teaching in 1920 , and spent the rest of his life teaching , mainly in rural communities .
