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Originally from Caulfield Grammarians, Pie was transferred to Queensland for work in 1922 and played centre half-forward for the Brisbane club's 1923 and 1924 premierships. but returned to Melbourne to play a solitary VFL game in 1926. He was forced to miss the next match through injury and didn't return, rejoining Caulfield Grammarians as captain/coach in June that year. Pie went back to Queensland in 1927. He briefly played for Valleys before a knee injury forced his retirement. An tall player and accomplished boxer he was lightweight amateur champion of Queensland, and runner-up in the welterweight division. President of QANFL, Queensland Interstate Players, Queensland MP, founder of Pie Industries textile manufacturers. Served as president of the Queensland League from 1935 to 1938 and coached Queensland in 1936. Elected as a member for Hamilton in 1941 as an Independent Democrat candidate. Resigned on 30 June 1943 to contest the federal seat of Brisbane but was defeated and returned to the Queensland Parliament as Member for Windsor, representing the Queensland People's Party. He led the party from 1946 to 1948 and in 1950 became a member of Kedron as part of the Liberal Party (after the QPP had changed name) before resigning from Parliament in 1951. He was Patron of Windsor Football Club from 1953 to 1956. His son David Pie trained in the 1952 pre-season but didn't play. Source: demonwiki.org/Bruce+Pie

Scribal error, should be G. Louis Boissevain, see The New York Times, November 18, 1915: FIFTY-MILE COACHING TRIP.; Horse Show Officials and Exhibitors Enjoy Drive to Westbury. Boissevain was a banker, see The New York Times, November 11, 1906: "Jewelry worth about $10,000 was stolen from the Mount Kisco residence of G. Louis Boissevain, a member of the banking firm of Kean, Van Cortlandt Co., of 30 Pine Street, on the night of Oct. 11. " In 1912, he was a director of the Columbia-Knickerbocker Trust Company (The sun., June 06, 1912, Image 15) He was born in Amsterdam (Holland) on Oct. 4, 1871 and died in New York on Apr. 25, 1924 (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18514522)

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G. Louis Boissevain (1871-1924), (left, with reins), in front of Hotel Biltmore, New York City, November 17, 1915. See adjacent photos for full description.

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