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1937 Brownlow Medal
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The 1937 Brownlow Medal was the 14th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League (VFL) home and away season. Dick Reynolds of the Essendon Football Club won the medal by polling twenty-seven votes during the 1937 VFL season. Leading votegetters References 1937 in Australian rules football 1937 Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Reynolds
Richard Sylvannus Reynolds (20 June 1915 – 2 September 2002) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Reynolds is one of four footballers to have won three Brownlow Medals, the others being Haydn Bunton Sr., Bob Skilton and Ian Stewart. Revered by Essendon supporters, he was often referred to simply as "King Richard". Family The son of William Meader Reynolds (1886—1940) and Mary James Reynolds, née Thompson (1885—1941), and one of seven children, Richard Sylvannus Reynolds was born on 20 June 1915. He died on 2 September 2002. He was the brother of Tom Reynolds, the cousin of Richmond champion player and coach Max Oppy, and the grandfather of Joel Reynolds. Early life and career Reynolds grew up supporting and sold lollies outside Princes Park on match days. When Reynolds won his first Brownlow Medal in 1934, champion Haydn Bunton Sr., whom Reynolds had narrowly beaten to win the awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Shea
Keith Sylvester Shea (10 August 1914 – 27 February 1951) was an Australian rules footballer who played at high levels in both Victoria and Western Australia. His senior VFL playing career spanned from 1932 to 1945, although it was interrupted by the war and he continued on playing country football until 1950. Family The son of Stephen Sylvester Shea (1890-1958), and Florence Kathleen Shea (1891-1958), née Dowling, Keith Sylvester Shea was born at Bacchus Marsh, Victoria on 10 August 1914. He married Linda Jessie Elin Tuke (1914-1977) on 25 November 1940. Football Shea was a half forward and played with from 1932 to 1937. He polled well in the Brownlow Medal, the closest he came to winning was in 1934 where he fell 2 votes short with an equal 3rd placing. Shea finished 3rd again the following season in 1935 and equal fourth in 1937. He represented Victoria on 10 occasions during his time at Carlton. It was playing for Victoria in the 1937 Perth Carnival where he caught ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Ryan (footballer)
Denis James Ryan (10 July 1916 – 22 April 1980) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy Football Club, Fitzroy in Australian Football League, Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1930s. Ryan originally played with the Albury Rovers Football Club and kicked three goals in their 1933 premiership win over Henty Football Club in the Albury & District Football League. Ryan won the 1934 - Albury & District Football League's best and fairest award, the Stavley Medal, playing for the Albury Rovers Football Club, before heading down to Melbourne to play with Fitzroy. Ryan debuted in the VFL in 1935, in round one, aged just 18 and started his career at centre half forward, topping Fitzroy's goalkicking in his debut season with 46 goals. He was moved to centre half back the following season and won the 1936 Brownlow Medal, with 26 votes, making it the fifth Brownlow in the previous six years to have gone to a Fitzroy player. In 1939 after injuring his knee, Rya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Francis
James Arthur Francis (12 December 1910 – 16 November 2004) was an Australian rules footballer and coach in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The son of Henry Walter Francis (1883–1964) and Sarah Victoria Francis, nee Jackson (1884–1929), James Arthur Francis was born in Hawthorn on 12 December 1910. His brothers John and Syd also played VFL football, both for Hawthorn. In 1937, James Francis married Shirley Louise King at St. Stephens Church of England in Richmond. Football Hawthorn After playing 61 games for Hawthorn, Francis left the Hawks in controversial circumstances, due to a disagreement with the club and his family's sports store. Francis wanted the club to order their uniforms through his store, but when Hawthorn secretary Sam Ramsay refused, he asked for a clearance to Carlton. Carlton Francis made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in round 9 of the 1934 season. He retired as a player at the end of the 1943 season having played 162 games a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Davis (Australian Footballer)
Jack Davis (16 July 1908 – 11 August 1991) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the VFL during the 1930s. A key position defender, Davis finished in the top 10 of the Brownlow Medal count four times, including third placing in 1933 and equal fifth in 1935. He was a regular Victorian interstate representative and won St Kilda's best and fairest award in the 1934, 1935 and 1937 seasons. In 1939 he went to Brighton in the Victorian Football Association 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). It ... as playing coach, and in 1940, his final season, he won the Recorder Cup and V. F. A. Medal as best and fairest in the Association. References External links * Trevor Barker Award winners 1908 births Australian rules footballers from Victori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Des Fothergill
Desmond Hugh Fothergill (15 July 1920 – 16 March 1996) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and for Williamstown Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA). He was also a noted cricketer, representing Victoria in the Sheffield Shield. In a short but brilliant football career interrupted by World War II and ended by injury, Fothergill was recognized as one of the finest small players of his era, winning almost every available accolade at both club and league level. Football career From Collingwood Tech, Fothergill was a gifted sportsman who made his VFL debut aged 16, for in 1937. Fothergill was a small midfielder/half-forward who seemed too small at the start, at 172 cm and 73 kg, but his brilliance as a footballer was something that over-shadowed his liabilities. Fothergill made an impact straight away as he played brilliant football, winning a Copeland Trophy as Colli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Graham (Australian Footballer, Born 1916)
Jack Graham may refer to: Sportspeople * Jack Graham (Australian footballer, born 1916) (1916–1984), Australian rules footballer for South Melbourne *Jack Graham (Australian footballer, born 1878) (1878–1907), Australian rules footballer for Melbourne *Jack Graham (Australian footballer, born 1998), Australian rules footballer for Richmond *Jack Graham (footballer, born 1868) (1868–1932), English footballer *Jack Graham (footballer, born 1873) (1873–1925), English footballer *Jack Graham (baseball) (1916–1998), Major League Baseball player Others *Jack Gilbert Graham (1932–1957), mass murderer *Jack Graham (pastor) (born 1950), Baptist pastor and former president of the Southern Baptist Convention *Jack Graham (politician) John Collins Graham (born June 17, 1952), also known as Jack Graham, is an American business executive and former Colorado State University athletic director. He was a Republican Party candidate for a United States Senate seat in Colorado in the .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Ware
Norman Ware (5 March 1911 – 26 August 2003) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (1897–1989), Victorian Football League (VFL). A scrupulously fair, clever and unusually pacy ruckman for Footscray Football Club, Footscray, Ware is the only captain-coach to have won the Brownlow Medal, and is likely to remain so indefinitely, as it would be almost impossible for a captain of an AFL team to act as a coach today, and even so, playing coaches are prohibited under salary cap regulations (instituted in 1987) in order to prevent wealthier clubs from circumventing the restrictions of the salary cap and salary floor. He was recruited from Sale Football Club, Sale. His brother Wally Ware, Wally played for Hawthorn Football Club, Hawthorn. In 2001 Ware was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame. Career highlights * Brownlow Medal: 1941 * Footscray Best and Fairest: 1934, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942 * Footscray captain: 1940 * Footscray Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Regan
John Vincent Regan (12 September 1912 – 11 August 1988) was an Australian rules footballer who represented Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1930s and 1940s. Playing career Recruited from Northcote, Regan struggled in his first few seasons and was tried in a variety of positions before he established himself at full-back. Taking on and matching full-forwards like South Melbourne's Bob Pratt (whom Regan regarded as his most difficult opponent), Carlton's Harry Vallence, Richmond's Jack Titus and St Kilda's Bill Mohr, Regan earned his title as the "Prince of Full-backs". He was a magnificent mark and a superb kick. Archival footage shows him using the now defunct drop kick for his kick-ins. In slow motion they demonstrate his perfect balance and timing. Regan was among the best players in the Magpies' 1935 and 1936 premiership victories, both against South Melbourne. In May 1938, during a match against Carlton, Regan fell heavily and suffered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Mueller
John Ernest Arthur Mueller (9 September 1915 – 14 June 2001) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The son of Francis Carl Mueller (1880-1945), and Eliza Mary "Cissie" Mueller (1887-1960), née O'Brien, John Ernest Arthur Mueller was born on 9 September 1915. He married Margaret Rose "Greta" Toohey on 14 April 1942. Football Mueller was famous for having only eight fingers, after losing two when he caught his hand in a machine at work. He was an inspirational player who contributed significantly to the success of the Melbourne sides in which he played during the 1930s, '40s and '50s. He was notable as the primary instigator of Melbourne's 1948 flag victory after being recalled from retirement (with the reserves) for that year's Preliminary Final in which he kicked eight of his team's 25 goals against Collingwood. He followed this up with six out of 10 in the drawn Grand Final with Esse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1936 Brownlow Medal
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The 1936 Brownlow Medal was the 13th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League (VFL) home and away season. Denis Ryan of the Fitzroy Football Club won the medal by polling twenty-six votes during the 1936 VFL season. Leading votegetters References 1936 in Australian rules football 1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbie Matthews
Herbie Matthews (20 November 1913 – 8 June 1990) was an Australian rules footballer who played for South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was recruited to South Melbourne from suburban club Fairfield. His father, "Butcher" Matthews, partnered the great Roy Cazaly in South Melbourne's ruck combination of the early 1920s. Although he was smaller and slighter in build than his ruckman father, he was a strong mark and showed a ferocious drive for possession of the football. He was recruited by South Melbourne at the age of 17 in the face of determined approaches from Collingwood and his local Victorian Football Association club, Northcote. A centreman and wingman with great pace, stamina and skills, he was awarded the Brownlow Medal in 1940 and was runner-up on another two occasions. He won his club's best and fairest award five times and captained them from 1938 until 1945. Matthews crossed to Victorian Football Association club Oakleigh in 1946 as play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
