Brian Thomas Randall (12 October 1920 – 4 December 1991)
was an
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...
er who played in the
VFL from 1941 to 1945 for the
Richmond Football Club
The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers or colloquially the Tiges, is a professional Australian rules football team competing in the Australian Football League (AFL). Founded in 1885 in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond, Victoria, Ric ...
.
Randall played centre half forward in Richmond's
1943 VFL Grand Final victory. Randall also played in Richmond's
1942
The Uppsala Conflict Data Program project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 4.62 million. However, the Correlates of War estimates that the prior year, 1941, was th ...
and
1944
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 2 – WWII:
** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixt ...
losing VFL grand finals too.
Randall coached Echuca Football Club from 1947 to 1950, including their 1948 Echuca Football League premiership.
References
* Hogan P: ''The Tigers Of Old'', Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996
External links
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1948 - Echuca District FA Premiers: Echuca FC team photo
1920 births
1991 deaths
Richmond Football Club players
Richmond Football Club premiership players
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
VFL/AFL premiership players
20th-century Australian sportsmen
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