Murray Douglas Rance (born 25 January 1962) is a former
Australian rules footballer who played with
Footscray and
West Coast 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) during the late 1980s.
He was a key position player and started his career at
Swan Districts
The Swan Districts Football Club, nicknamed the Swans, is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and WAFL Women's (WAFLW). The club is based at Bassendean Oval, in Bassendean, an eastern suburb ...
with whom he won three consecutive premierships starting in 1982. After representing
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to ...
at the interstate championships, Rance was recruited to
Footscray and spent two seasons at the club. In 1988 he returned to his home state and signed up with
West Coast and captained them in 1989. He finished his career back at Swan Districts.
His son
Alex
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People
Multiple
* Alex Brown (disambiguation), multiple people
*Alex Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
*Alex Harris (disambiguation), multiple p ...
also represented and later became a champion full-back at .
External links
Murray Rance's playing statisticsfrom WAFL Footy Facts
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References
1962 births
Australian rules footballers from Western Australia
Living people
People from the Wheatbelt (Western Australia)
Swan Districts Football Club players
West Coast Eagles players
Western Bulldogs players
Western Australian State of Origin players
Australia international rules football team players
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