Harry Weidner was an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played with Richmond

Richmond Football Club

The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...

 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL).

Weidner was a half forward flanker from Warragul

Warragul Football Club

Warragul Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently in the Gippsland Football League , fielding Senior, Reserve, Under 18 and Under 16 football teams, as well as A, B, C Grade and Under 17, Under 15 and Under 13 netball teams.-History:...

 who kicked at least 25 goals every season from 1928 to 1931 and was Richmond's second top goal-kicker in the first of those years. He represented the 1928 Victorian interstate team which defeated South Australia in Melbourne by nine points.

He appeared in Richmond's 1927, 1928 and 1929 grand final losses and managed to kick two goals in both the 1928

1928 VFL Grand Final

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 and 1929 Grand Final

1929 VFL Grand Final

The 1929 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and Richmond Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 28 September 1929. It was the 33rd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...

s. In total kicked 15 goals from the nine finals that he played during his career. Richmond broke through for a premiership in 1932 but Weidner wasn't part of the success, having played his last game for the club in round 10.