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Ian Jeffrey Ridley (15 February 1934 – 13 November 2008) 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 for
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in the VFL.


Playing career

Ridley was a rover who was handy around goals and a 5-time premiership player with Melbourne. He topped Melbourne's goalkicking in 1960 with 38 goals and went on to coach the club during the 1970s.


Sports administration career

From 1991 until 1996, he served as the President of Melbourne Football Club. Although a well loved player, he lost his popularity with his huge push for the Demons to merge with Hawthorn. After the merger was defeated, he was replaced with Joseph Gutnick. He was named as an emergency in their official 'Team of the Century'.


See also

* Melbourne Football Club/Hawthorn Football Club planned merger


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* * 1934 births 2008 deaths Deaths from emphysema Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Melbourne Football Club players Melbourne Football Club coaches Melbourne Football Club presidents Hamilton Imperials Football Club players VFL/AFL premiership players Melbourne Football Club premiership players {{AFL-bio-1930s-stub