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{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Taffy Waye
| image = 
| fullname = Hendrick Stanbury Waye
| birth_date = {{birth date|1877|12|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Willunga, South Australia]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1961|7|7|1877|12|13|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Malvern, South Australia]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153525149 |title=Hendrick Stanbury Waye |publisher=Find A Grave}}</ref>
| originalteam = [[Willunga Football Club|Willunga]]
| height = <!-- ### cm -->
| weight = <!-- ### kg -->
| position = Forward, ruck
| statsend = 1910
| years1 = 1902–1910
| club1 = [[Sturt Football Club|Sturt]]
| games_goals1 = 71 (75)
| careerhighlights = 
}}

'''Hendrick Stanbury "Taffy" Waye''' (13 December 1877 – 7 July 1961) was an [[Australian rules football]]er who played with [[Sturt Football Club|Sturt]] in the [[South Australian National Football League|South Australian Football Association]] (SAFA) during the early 1900s.

Waye played a total of 71 games for Sturt from his debut in 1902 to his last season in 1910.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Players|url=http://www.sturtfc.com.au/history/sturt-the-numbers|website=Sturt Football Club|publisher=Sturt Football Club Inc.|access-date=5 October 2015|archive-date=29 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029234905/http://sturtfc.com.au/history/sturt-the-numbers|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hall of Fame|url=http://www.sturtfc.com.au/history/hall-of-fame|website=Sturt Football Club|publisher=Sturt Football Club Inc.|access-date=5 October 2015}}</ref> Strong around the ruck and in front of goal, Waye won the [[Magarey Medal]] in 1903. He also topped his club's goalkicking five times during his career. At interstate level he represented South Australia regularly, appearing in a total of eight games. He occupies a [[forward pocket]] in Sturt's official "Team of the Century".<ref>{{cite web|title=Team of the Century|url=http://www.sturtfc.com.au/history/team-of-the-century|publisher=Sturt Football Club|access-date=18 July 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730131459/http://sturtfc.com.au/history/team-of-the-century|archive-date=30 July 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

On 14 August 2011, Waye was selected in the [[Southern Football League (South Australia)|Southern Football League]]'s 125th anniversary team in the forward pocket and second ruck due to his service for the [[Willunga Football Club]].<ref>{{cite news|title=The Greatest|url=http://digitaledition.southerntimes.com.au/?xml=Southern_Times_Messenger&iid=51487|access-date=13 May 2013|newspaper=Southern Times Messenger|date=17 August 2011|author=Gordon Armstrong|author2=Jane Whitford|author3=Kane McKay|author4=John Hall|pages=1, 8–11}}</ref>  Waye was the only player selected in both the SFL's Greatest Team and Greatest Exports Team.<ref>{{cite news|title=Home Grounds Yield Top Crop|url=http://digitaledition.southerntimes.com.au/?xml=Southern_Times_Messenger&iid=49127|access-date=13 May 2013|newspaper=Southern Times Messenger|date=8 June 2011|author=Jane Whitford|page=16}}</ref>

Taffy Waye was known to ride 25 miles on horseback from [[Willunga, South Australia|Willunga]] to [[Unley, South Australia|Unley]] to train and play for Sturt in 1903, regularly filling in for [[Willunga Football Club|Willunga]] between league games at Sturt.<ref>{{cite news|last=Armstrong|first=Gordon|title=An Exclusive Club of 21 Members|url=http://digitaledition.southerntimes.com.au/?xml=Southern_Times_Messenger&iid=51487|access-date=18 July 2013|newspaper=Southern Times Messenger|date=17 August 2011|page=8}}</ref>

On 26 July 2015, Taffy Waye was inducted into the [[Southern Football League (South Australia)#Hall of Fame|Southern Football League Hall of Fame]] in recognition of his service as a player within that league.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Board of Directors are pleased to announce and congratulate the 2015 S.F.L. Hall of Fame inductees|url=http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=0-6133-0-0-0|website=Southern Football League Inc.|publisher=Fox Sports Pulse|access-date=14 July 2015}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
*{{AustralianFootball | hendrick+waye/342 }}
* [http://southern-times-messenger.whereilive.com.au/news/story/the-greatest-of-all-time/ SFL 125 Year Team]

{{Magarey Medal winners}}
{{1905 South Australia State Football Team}}
{{Sturt Team of The Century}}
{{Rick Davies Medal}}
{{Southern Football League Greatest Exports Team}}

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[[Category:1877 births]]
[[Category:Magarey Medal winners]]
[[Category:Sturt Football Club players]]
[[Category:Australian rules footballers from South Australia]]
[[Category:Southern Football League (South Australia) players]]
[[Category:Australian military personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:People from Willunga, South Australia]]
[[Category:1961 deaths]]