Francis "Pop" Vine (1 October 1904 – 6 October 1960) was an

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er who played with

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, George Rawle and Marlion Pickett. He had been called up, to play the 1926 VFL Grand Final, as a replacement player for Bob Corbett. A centre half-back, Vine was club captain in 1932 and 1933.

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* * 1904 births 1960 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Melbourne Football Club players Old Melburnians Football Club players Melbourne Football Club premiership players VFL/AFL premiership players 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1904-stub