Neil James Napier Hawke (1939 - 2000)

Born 27 Jun 1939 in South Australia, Australia

Died 25 Dec 2000 at age 61 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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Biography

Neil Hawke is Notable.

Neil James Napier Hawke (27 June 1939 – 25 December 2000) was an Australian Test cricketer and leading Australian Rules footballer.

from the The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954) of Thursday 29 June 1939 we see:

BIRTHS...
HAWKE.—On the 27th of June, at St. Anne's, to the wife of D. W. Hawke. Wood-stock street, Cheltenham—a son. Thanking Dr. Cherry and sisters at St. Anne's

From his Obituary in the English Times issue, dated 17 January 2001 we see:

NEIL HAWKE was an honest servant of Australian cricket who made more impact by his gallant fight against crippling illness than he had as a resourceful seam bowler or as a prominent Australian Rules footballer. Big and powerful, he played in 27 Tests between 1962 and 1968, but in 1980 a staphylococcus infection after a routine bowel operation left him, at 41, with a medically estimated 1 per cent chance of survival. It took 11 months to beat the bacteria that destroyed much of his body tissue and damaged his organs, and Hawke then faced continuing kidney failure, liver damage and hepatitis. He survived 12 cardiac arrests, 30 separate operations, and was drip-fed for nearly two years.

Sources

• Neil Hawke from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. first accessed online on the 30th of March 2021 at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Hawke

• Family Notices from The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954) of Thursday 29 June 1939, Page 12. first accessed online on the 30th of March 2021 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/49815842?searchTerm=hawke%20father%20birth%20mother

• NEIL HAWKE from the Australian Football.com. first accessed online on the 30th of March 2021 at: https://australianfootball.com/players/player/neil%2Bhawke/574

• Neil Hawke Australia from the ESPNCricInfo site. first accessed online on the 30th of March 2021 at: https://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/5611.html

• Neil Hawke Dead from the rec.sport.cricket google group. first accessed online on the 30th of March 2021 at: https://groups.google.com/g/rec.sport.cricket/c/4o0vYH5cQlc

• Neil Hawke from the Guardian News & Media Limited website. first accessed online on the 30th of March 2021 at: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/jan/16/guardianobituaries.mikeselvey

• Neil Hawke bowling versus England 1965/66 taking 7 - 105 from YOUTUBE. first accessed online on the 30th of March 2021 at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOpHAQ1II24