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Ian Goodman Hull (20 June 1916 – 1 July 1985) 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
Richmond Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada * Richmond, California, a city in the United States * Richmond, London, a town in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town ...
in the
Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...
(VFL).


Football

Hull started his career as a wingman, but played a lot of his football for Richmond at
centre half-back In the sport of Australian rules football, the half-back line refers to the positions of the 3 players on the field that occupy the centre half-back and left and right half-back flank positions. Centre half-back The role of the centre half-bac ...
, which was from where he played in the 1940 VFL Grand Final loss. He did not play any senior VFL football in 1943 and 1944, due to war service. In 1947 Ian played 10 games, deep in defence, for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the
SANFL The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL ( or ''S-A-N-F-L''), is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the state's sports governing body, governing body for the sport. ...
.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hull, Ian 1916 births 1985 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents Richmond Football Club players Port Adelaide Football Club (SANFL) players Port Adelaide Football Club players (all competitions) Australian Army personnel of World War II Australian Army officers People from Benalla Military personnel from Victoria (state) 20th-century Australian sportsmen