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Rutherglen Football Club (1893)
The Rutherglen Football Club was an Australian rules football club based in Rutherglen, Victoria, being a founding member of the Ovens & Murray Football League in 1893. In 1979, the club merged with Corowa to form the Corowa-Rutherglen FC, joining the Ovens & Murray Football League. History The origins of the Rutherglen FC appears to of been established in 1877, with Mr. Thomas Reeve Junior acting as club secretary. When Rutherglen played Border United FC in August 1877, they wore a navy blue jumper, with Thomas Reeve elected as captain. In 1885, Rutherglen played Murray FC (Yarrawonga) for the Richards / Mitchell Cup, with both teams winning one game each. In 1888, Rutherglen President, Mr. G Graham JP donated a gold locket and six bangles to the best player for the season. Rutherglen would go onto play many friendly matches against other local clubs up until 1892, when they joined the newly formed Ovens And Murray Football Association in 1893. Rutherglen was one of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tallangatta & District Football League
The Tallangatta and District Football League (TDFL) is an Australian rules football competition in north-east Victoria and the southern border area of Riverina region of the New South Wales. The clubs compete across four competitions, two of which are age restricted (Under 17s, and Under 14s). Since 1980 the "Tallangatta & District Netball Association (TDNA)" has run in conjunction with the Tallangatta & District Football League. The clubs compete across six competitions, three of which are age restricted (18 & Under, 15 & Under, and 13 & Under). Today all of the 12 clubs across both the TDFL & TDNA are joint Football Netball Clubs, with the overall best club across all football and netball competitions for the season awarded the Club Championship. History Origins In 1944 the League ran an unofficial competition, Fernvale Football Club were the unofficial Premiers that year defeating Sandy Creek Football Club by 51 points at Eskdale. Founding The Tallangatta and District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War Two
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Collins (footballer, Born 1871)
William Collins (14 May 1871 – 13 July 1942) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Collins debuted for Carlton in 1899, then returned home to Rutherglen to play with Excelsior in their 1900 Ovens & Murray Football League The Ovens and Murray Football Netball League (O&MFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition containing ten clubs based in north-eastern Victoria, the southern Riverina region of New South Wales and the Ovens and Murray a ... premiership before returning to Carlton to play the last three games in 1900. Notes External links * * Bill Collins's profileat Blueseum 1871 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Carlton Football Club players 1942 deaths Place of death missing Rutherglen Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1870s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clem Goonan
Clem Goonan (born 18 June 1939) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Goonan played his early football at Whorouly and won the Ovens & King Football League's best and fairest award in 1958. Although approached by four VFL clubs, Goonan next played for Myrtleford.''The Border Mail''"League honours club greats" 17 September 2006 He was cleared to South Melbourne in 1961, where he remained until 1964, with most of his 50 appearances coming as a defender or ruck-rover.''The Age''"Weideman Fit?" 19 April 1961, p. 1 Relocated to northern Victoria through his work as a police officer, Goonan joined the Albury Football Club. A knee injury cost him a spot in Albury's 1966 premiership team. He later spent four years as captain-coach of Rutherglen. and one year as Captain Coach of Burrumbuttock in the Hume League in the mid-1970's. He was inducted into the Ovens & King Football League The Ovens & King Foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Hodgkin
Frank D. Hodgkin (20 June 1941 – 17 December 2017) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Hodgkin, originally from Kergunyah in the Tallangatta & District Football League, debuting as a 14-year and playing in a premiership in 1955. Hodgkin started his Ovens & Murray Football League career at Myrtleford in 1957, aged 17 and represented the O&MFL against the South West Football League.''The Border Mail''"Hall of Fame: Frank Hodgkin " David Johnston Despite his young age, Hodgkin was chosen in the league's representative team in his debut season. After winning Myrtleford's best and fairest award in 1960, Hodgkin went to St Kilda for the 1961 VFL season. He made an instant impression in a pre-season practice match when he traded punches with captain Neil Roberts, then later Eric Guy, the vice captain. He played 18 of a possible 19 games in 1961, including St Kilda's semi-final loss to Footscray. His performances th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Hay (footballer, Born 1938)
Bob Hay (born 13 June 1938) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Early life Bob Hay was born in Burnie in 1938 to Mr and Mrs Ronald Hay. He grew up in Deloraine and attended the local Area School. As a teenager, he was fortunate that his involvement in a motorcycle accident left him only shaken and not badly injured. Football career Hay played with Longford in the NTFA during the mid to late 1950s and was coached by Fred Davies. He then joined St Kilda in 1960. Hay was captain-coach of Rutherglen in the Ovens & Murray Football League The Ovens and Murray Football Netball League (O&MFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition containing ten clubs based in north-eastern Victoria, the southern Riverina region of New South Wales and the Ovens and Murray a ... from 1962 to 1965. When he returned to Tasmania, Hay played with Launceston in the NTFA during the late 1960s and early 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clive Philp
Clive Alexander Philp (28 February 1926 – 24 August 2007) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). War service Philp enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force at the age of 16 in 1942 and served until the end of the war. Football Philp was a key position player and played 112 games for Hawthorn during his career. He represented Victoria in three interstate football matches. In 1956 he captain-coached Rutherglen and finished third in the Morris Medal. He then played with and coached Kyneton. In 1959 he was the Bendigo Football League The Bendigo Football Netball League (previously known as the Sandhurst Football Association, Bendigo and District Football Association, Bendigo Football Association and Bendigo Football League) is an Australian rules football and netball comp ...'s Michelsen Medal winner and then topped the competition's goal-kicking lists in 1960. He coached Kyneton to premierships in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Tate (footballer)
Gregory Herbert Tate (21 October 1925 – 27 May 2010) was an Australian rules footballer notable for playing with Essendon in the Victorian Football League. Football career Essendon Tate was recruited by Essendon before the 1947 VFL season from North Essendon Methodists, where he had played football after returning from World War II. In his first season, he played six matches, including the Grand Final which Essendon narrowly lost to Carlton. His Grand Final bad luck continued, missing Essendon's 1949 and 1950 Grand Final triumphs through injury and playing in another losing Grand Final in 1951. Rutherglen In 1952 Tate joined Rutherglen in the Ovens & Murray Football League as a captain-coach. While at Rutherglen he coached the team to the premiership in 1954. Chiltern After leaving Rutherglen Tate joined Chiltern in the Ovens & King Football League. In 1957 and 1958 he captain-coached Chiltern to successive premierships. In 2005 Tate was named as coach in Chiltern's "Team o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Williams (Australian Footballer)
Keith Williams (27 May 1926 – 19 October 2004) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Williams originally played for the Rutherglen Football Club in the Murray Valley Patriotic Football League in 1944 and then played for the Border United Football Club and tied for the club Best & Fairest award in 1945. Williams continued to play for the Border United FC when they entered the Ovens & Murray Football League (O&MFL) in 1946. Williams was signed by Fitzroy in 1947, the year he won the Ovens & Murray Football League (O&MFL) Morris Medal with the Border United Football Club (Corowa). He joined Fitzroy in 1948 and the follower was a regular member of the team that year, playing 18 consecutive games, missing only the final round. He returned to the O&MFL in 1949 as a playing coach of Rutherglen and coached them from 1949 to 1951. Essendon's Greg Tate took over from Williams in 1952 as coach of Rutherglen. In 1952 he con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Hiskins
Jack Hiskins (12 February 1911 – 16 March 1973) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Career A half-back, Hiskins started his career in the Ovens & Murray Football League, with Rutherglen in 1930. (archived) He joined Essendon in the 1934 VFL season and made 13 appearances that year. After playing for Essendon in the opening three rounds of the 1935 season, Hiskins returned to Rutherglen. Hiskins was coach of their 1935 premiership team, which defeated Border United in the grand final He steered them to another grand final in 1936, but this time they finished on the losing team, unable to defeat Wangaratta. Family Fred Hiskins, Jack's father, was a half forward for Essendon and won the VFL Leading Goal-kicker award in 1901. His father was one of four brothers who played league football, with the others being Arthur, Rupe and Stan Stan or STAN may refer to: People * Stan (given name), a list of people with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lou Jackson (footballer)
Joseph Louis Jackson (25 November 1875 – 23 July 1943) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). In August, 1901, the Argus newspaper wrote that Jackson "follows in fine form, plays a perfect fair game, marks well, is quick on his feet and kicks well". Jackson played many years with Rutherglen, prior to playing with Border United in the Ovens & Murray Football League in 1901, prior to heading south to play with South Melbourne in 1901 and 1902. In 1907, Jackson was President of the Ovens & Murray Football League The Ovens and Murray Football Netball League (O&MFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition containing ten clubs based in north-eastern Victoria, the southern Riverina region of New South Wales and the Ovens and Murray a .... Jackson was selected in Corowa Rutherglen Team of the Century in the back pocket in 2003. Notes External links * 1875 births 1943 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Hiskins
John Frederick Hiskins (8 August 1878 – 25 November 1946) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1900s. Hiskins came from a family of 16 and hailed from Lake Moodermere near Wahgunyah, Victoria. Hiskins played in Excelsior's 1900 Ovens & Murray Football League premiership prior to making his VFL debut in round 15, 1900 against South Melbourne. Hiskins was a half forward and topped the league's goalkicking in the 1901 VFL season with 34 goals, finishing the year in Essendon's premiership side. He would have kicked more that year had it not been for an inaccurate game against South Melbourne which saw him kick two goals and ten behinds. Hiskins regularly used the place kick to shoot at goal and represented Victoria against South Australia in Adelaide in 1902. After three years in Western Australia he returned to Essendon in 1906 and played one final season. Hiskins managed to squeeze in a game fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
