Hugh Francis Routley (19 June 1940 – 12 September 2020) 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 with

Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung language, Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in Victoria, Australia, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River (Victo ...

in the VFL. Routley debuted in 1959 and managed to play just 8 games coming into the 1963 season. On 6 July 1963 he was a member of the Geelong team that were comprehensively and unexpectedly beaten by Fitzroy, 9.13 (67) to 3.13 (31) in the

1963 Miracle Match The "Miracle Match" is the unofficial title given to the Round 10, 1963 Victorian Football League (VFL) home-and-away match played between Fitzroy and Geelong at Brunswick Street Oval in North Fitzroy on 6 July 1963. The game is most notabl ...

. Playing on the wing, Routley became a regular in the side during 1963 and was a member of their premiership side.

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* * 1940 births 2020 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Geelong Football Club players Geelong Football Club premiership players Eaglehawk Football Club players VFL/AFL premiership players 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1940s-stub

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