Career
"The one man who shone above all others was Head, West Adelaide"s centre pivot", the paper reported. "In nearly every match in which the red-and-blacks took part he was the best of the 36. On the ground he was too clever for all opponents, and in the air about the only player who eclipsed him was Hutton, of Norwood.
If anybody deserves the Magarey medal, Head does."
He was appointed club captain in 1913 and also captained the South Australia interstate side that year.
Head was chosen to represent South Australia more often than not during his career, playing 37 games in total for his state. In 1921 he crossed to Sturt but managed just four games before announcing his retirement.
He returned to the league however the following season as non-playing coach at Glenelg and with the side struggling he took the field for seven games that year to finish with a total of 154 SAFL games. Head continued as Glenelg coach in 1923, his last season of coaching in the SANFL. Head was still serving football in that capacity when he died on 23 December 1940 at the age on 53.