Joe Pearce (footballer)
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Arthur Mueller "Joe" Pearce (28 January 1885 – 25 April 1915) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne
in the Victorian Football League
(VFL). He was known during his playing career as Joe Pearce, possibly to avoid any anti-German prejudice that came with the name Mueller.
Pearce was a regular in Melbourne's backline from 1904 to 1913 and represented Victoria at the 1908 Melbourne Carnival
. In 1914 he enlisted in the military and was killed the following year on the Gallipoli landing.
Melbourne Football Club
The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....
in the Victorian Football League
Australian Football League
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(VFL). He was known during his playing career as Joe Pearce, possibly to avoid any anti-German prejudice that came with the name Mueller.
Pearce was a regular in Melbourne's backline from 1904 to 1913 and represented Victoria at the 1908 Melbourne Carnival
1908 Melbourne Carnival
The 1908 Melbourne Carnival was the inaugural Australian National Football Carnival, an Australian rules football interstate competition. It was known at the time as the Jubilee Australasian Football Carnival as it commemorated 50 years of Australian rules football.-Teams:The Victorian team was...
. In 1914 he enlisted in the military and was killed the following year on the Gallipoli landing.