Ian Morris Synman (born 28 September 1938) is a former
Australian rules footballer who played in the
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). I ...
(VFL).
He played as a
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 ...
for the
St Kilda Football Club
The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier league.
The club's name originates fr ...
, playing 153 games (0 goals) from 1958 to 1969. A
Melbourne Grammar recruit, he played 123 consecutive games and wore the number 9.
Synman played in the
1966 premiership side. He is
Jew
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ish and, although the
Grand Final
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fell on
Yom Kippur
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, Synman received special dispensation to play.
He is one of the few Jewish players to have played Australian rules football at the highest level.
See also
*
List of select Jewish Australian Rules footballers
Notes
References
My Mark!, ''The Age'', (Wednesday, 24 March 1965), p.24.
External links
Bio at Saints.com.au1966 Grand Final page at Australian Football
Living people
St Kilda Football Club players
St Kilda Football Club Premiership players
Australian Jews
1938 births
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
People educated at Melbourne Grammar School
One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players
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