Ron Kimberley (15 July 1914 – 21 July 1981) 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 oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Kimberley, who came to Melbourne from Bendigo club Sandhurst, made 11 of his 15 league appearances in the

1939 VFL season The 1939 VFL season was the 43rd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 22 April until 30 September, and comprised an ...

, which included a place in their premiership team.AFL Tables: Ron Kimberley
/ref> He was a replacement for the suspended

Wally Lock Walter Albert Lock (22 January 1917 – 17 June 1992) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The son of Walter "Paddy" Lock (1882-1951), and Mabel Rebecca Lock (1891-1965), n� ...

in the

1939 VFL Grand Final The 1939 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 30 September 1939. It was the 41st annual Grand ...

.'' The Argus'
"Melbourne Anxious"
25 September 1939, p. 11 Over the next two seasons he only played in the opening rounds. He did not appear at all in 1942 and 1943, then played twice more in 1944.

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1914 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Melbourne Football Club players Sandhurst Football Club players 1981 deaths Melbourne Football Club premiership players VFL/AFL premiership players {{AFL-bio-1914-stub