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List Of Sydney Swans Leading Goalkickers
The following is a list of Sydney Swans (formerly South Melbourne Football Club) leading goalkickers in each season of the Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional sports, professional competition of Australian rules football. It was originally named the Victorian Football League (VFL) and was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition ... (formerly the Victorian Football League). VFL/AFL AFL Women's Multiple winners See also References External links Sydney Swans Goalkicking Records {{DEFAULTSORT:Sydney Swans goalkickers Goallkickers Sydney-sport-related lists Australian rules football-related lists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Swans
The Sydney Swans are a professional Australian rules football club based in Sydney, New South Wales. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW). The Swans also field a Australian Football League reserves affiliations, reserves men's team in the Victorian Football League (VFL). The Sydney Swans Academy, consisting of the club's best junior development signings, contests Division 2 of the AFL Under-19 Championships, men's and AFL Women's Under-18 Championships, women's underage national championships and the Talent League. The club's origins trace back to 21 March 1873, when a meeting was held at the Clarendon Hotel in South Melbourne to establish a junior football club, to be called the South Melbourne Football Club. The club commenced playing in 1874 at its home ground, Lakeside Stadium, Lakeside Oval in Albert Park, Victoria, Albert Park. Playing as South Melbourne, it participated in the Victorian Football Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Pratt
Harold Robert "Bob" Pratt (31 August 1912 – 6 January 2001) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans, South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (1897–1989), Victorian Football League (VFL) and the Coburg Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA). Considered "arguably the best full-forward in the history of Australian rules", Pratt was one of the inaugural Legends inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996. Known for Spectacular mark, spectacular diving and high-flying marks, Pratt topped South Melbourne's goalkicking for the first time in 1932 VFL season, 1932 with 71 goals and for the next three seasons passed 100 goals. His total of 150 goals in 1934 VFL season, 1934 was a List of VFL/AFL records, VFL/AFL record which stood alone until Peter Hudson equalled it in 1971 VFL season, 1971. Pratt also kicked ten or more goals in a game eight times, including 15 goals in a single game. His son, Bob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Lane
Esmond James Lane (25 June 1929 – 28 May 2018) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the VFL during the 1950s. Lane was a 168 cm rover and handy goalkicker. His best season came in 1954 when he won the South Melbourne Best and Fairest In Australian sport, the best and fairest award recognises the player(s) adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition. The awards are sometimes dependent on not receiving a suspensi ... award and finished equal 3rd in the Brownlow Medal. He topped the club's goal kicking in both 1954 and 1955. References External links * *Eddie Lane photo 1929 births 2018 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Sydney Swans players Bob Skilton Medal winners 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Gillett
Ian Gillett (20 September 1928 – 28 February 2008) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the VFL during the 1950s. Gillett was a ruckman but was also capable of playing the key positions. He was South Melbourne's leading goalkicker in 1953 and won the Best and Fairest award in 1956. Gillett was captain-coach of Coolamon Football Club from 1959 to 1963 and steered them to a premiership in 1959. Gillett was captain of the South West Football League (New South Wales) The South West District Football League was a major Australian rules football competition which ran from 1910 until 1981 in the Riverina region of New South Wales. History The first recorded Australian Rules Football match in the Riverina area wa ... representative team that won the 1964 VFCL Country Championships. References External links * 1928 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Sydney Swans players Bob Skilton Medal winners 2008 deaths 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Lane
Gordon Francis 'Whopper' Lane (30 May 1921 – 21 July 1973) was an Australian rules footballer who represented the Essendon and South Melbourne in the VFL. He played as a forward with a strong overhead mark and was rated by Jack Dyer John Raymond Dyer Sr. OAM (15 November 1913 – 23 August 2003), nicknamed Captain Blood, was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1931 and 1949. One of the ga ... in 1946 as 'the best centre half forward in the game'. He is best remembered for his performances in Essendon's Grand Finals of the 1940s. In the 1942 final he kicked six goals and in 1946 kicked seven. Lane missed out on a chance to play in another Grand Final in 1947 due to him breaking his ribs in the preliminary final. He was injured again the following season, this time it was his knee and he moved to South Melbourne in 1950 where he would be both captain and coach for three years. External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Jones (Australian Footballer)
Richard Henry Jones (5 June 1926 – 16 January 2013) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Biography Jones, a rover, joined South Melbourne from East Fremantle, but hailed from rural Western Australia. Jones kicked a goal in all but one of his 17 games and topped South Melbourne's goal-kicking with 27 majors. During the year he was acting vice-captain. In 1950 he returned to Western Australia and captain-coached Boulder City to a Goldfields National Football League premiership. Jones resumed his VFL career in 1951 but only appeared in the opening two rounds of the season. The next stage of his career was spent in South Australia, starting at Glenelg in 1952. He stopped playing football at the end of the year and concentrated on his police career, before returning briefly in 1956. In 1957 he was appointed captain-coach of West Torrens and guided them to a fourth-place finish that year. He retired as a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Williams (Australian Rules Footballer)
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Harry Mears
Harry Mears (30 April 1922 – 30 March 1999) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). A rover, Mears made his way into the Collingwood team from the league seconds. Mears played 19 games for Collingwood in the 1945 VFL season, but usually started on the bench, so he transferred to South Melbourne in 1946, seeking greater opportunities. He had a strong first season at South Melbourne in 1946, finishing as their leading goal-kicker with 32 goals. He also polled 11 Brownlow Medal votes, the most by a South Melbourne player. Mears spent two more seasons at the club and then joined Mortlake in the Hampden Football League The Hampden Football Netball League is an Australian rules football and netball league based in South-Western Victoria, with clubs located in towns along or near the Princes Highway from Camperdown to Portland. The league is a major country ..., as coach.'' The Argus'"New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Hartridge
Ronald Osmond Hartridge (8 November 1919 – 28 May 1973) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Hartridge had a slow start to his career, after arriving at St Kilda from South Melbourne Technical College. A key position player, he could only put together 11 appearances in his first three seasons and then didn't play any VFL football in 1941 and 1942. He had his first seasons with South Melbourne in 1943 and the following year was finally able to make regular appearances, playing 17 games. In 1944 he also kicked 31 goals to top South Melbourne's goal-kicking. He didn't miss a single game in 1945 and was again successful up forward with 32 goals, but would only play as a reserve in the 1945 VFL Grand Final. In 1947 he made two appearances early in the season but would finish the year at Coburg in the Victorian Football Association The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Culph
Charles Harrison Culph (24 October 1920 – 5 October 2007) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Culph, a forward, was South Melbourne's leading goal-kicker in the 1943 VFL season. He kicked 35 goals from his 11 appearances that year, with a best of six goals in a win over Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. He returned to his original club, Port Melbourne Port Melbourne is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-west of the Melbourne central business district, located within the Cities of City of Melbourne, Melbourne and City of Port Phillip, Port Phillip Local government ..., in 1945 and remained with the club until his retirement in 1951, playing 117 games. Culph was a member of their 1947 premiership team and topped their goal-kicking in 1949. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Culph, Charlie 1920 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Sydney Sw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindsay White
Lindsay G. White (5 January 1922 – 13 March 1977) was an Australian rules footballer who represented and in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s. White was regarded as one of the best forwards of the 1940s. He was fast on the lead, was a strong overhead mark and possessed a long and accurate kick. He kicked 67 goals in 1941, his debut season for Geelong, but at the end of the year Geelong went into temporary recess due to travel restrictions during World War II and White transferred to South Melbourne. He spent two seasons there, kicking 111 goals in 25 games and leading the league goalkicking in 1942.Coleman Medal winners White returned to Geelong for the start of the 1944 season and was named club captain in 1948. In that year he again won the league goalkick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Graham (Australian Footballer, Born 1916)
John Edward Graham (7 May 1916 – 14 April 1984) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Sydney Swans, South Melbourne in the Australian Football League, Victorian Football League (VFL). Graham was utility player but played mostly as a ruckman. Over the course of his career he was one of the few players who used the place kick. He played in losing grand finals with South Melbourne in 1936 and 1945. He polled well in a couple of Brownlow Medal counts with a seventh placing in 1937 and an equal sixth in 1941. He later served as coach of South Adelaide Football Club, South Adelaide and also played briefly for the club. His shin was lacerated in a football game, and the wound never healed properly. He had surgery after retirement to repair the wound and died from surgical complications. His son Ricky Graham and grandson Ben Graham (footballer), Ben Graham both became league footballers at Geelong Football Club, Geelong. References External links * * 1916 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
