H. A. de Lacy was the chief football writer for The Sporting Globe newspaper in Melbourne and was noted for the controversial and bold nature of his writings.
He campaigned in the 1940s for better payments to players, arguing that 3 pounds per week was inadequate for the time spent training, travelling and injuries.
[5] He was an ardent supporter of the Victorian Football Association's throw-pass rules, which were in effect in that league during the 1940s.
[6] Aside from both VFL and VFA football, de Lacy also wrote about rowing,[7] tennis,[8] and cricket.
[10][11] Hector de Lacy was posthumously inducted to the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996,[12] with his citation reading: This Australian rules football biography of a person born in 1900 is a stub.