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1948 VFL Grand Final
The 1948 VFL Grand Final and Grand Final Replay were a pair of Australian rules football games contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in October 1948. They were the 50th and 51st Grand Finals of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1948 VFL season. The Grand Final match, attended by 86,198 spectators on 2 October 1948, ended in a draw, the first time that a VFL Grand Final resulted in a draw. A replay was staged on 9 October 1948, attended by 52,226 spectators, in which Melbourne easily defeated Essendon by 39 points, marking that club's sixth VFL premiership. Grand final Lead-up Essendon had been the dominant performing club in 1948, finishing as minor premiers with a 16–2–1 record and a 14 point lead over its nearest rivals. Melbourne finished second with a 13–6 record, above on percentage and one win ahead of in fourth. Essendon 13.16 (94) defeated Melbou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Equid
Harry Equid (8 October 1923 – 2 February 1984) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s. Football Equid began his VFL career after serving with the army in World War II and made his debut against North Melbourne, in the final game of the 1945 season, kicking three goals. In 1946 he continued where he had left off and started the season with a goalscoring sequence of three, three and seven. He finished the year with 35 goals, the last of which came from the half forward flank in Essendon's Grand Final win over Melbourne. He was also used as a follower. After making just seven appearances in 1947, which included six goals against Footscray, Equid had his final season in 1948 and played his last game in his club's losing Grand Final team. Coburg (VFA) He then went to the Victorian Football Association and captain-coached Coburg from 1949 until 1951, playing one further year with the club in 1952. He win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lance Arnold
Lance Arnold (6 May 1926 – 31 January 1990) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne 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). It ... (VFL) in the 1940s and 1950s. References External links * * DemonWiki profile Melbourne Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Sportspeople from Mildura 1926 births 1990 deaths Melbourne Football Club premiership players VFL/AFL premiership players {{AFL-bio-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Bradley (footballer)
Robert Peter Bradley (10 September 1924 – 4 August 1999) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the VFL during the late 1940s. Bradley attended St Joseph's CBC North Melbourne in the period around 1938 to 1940. While at school he developed his sporting abilities, eventually gaining places in its senior cricket team and senior football team in 1940. He served as a leading aircraftman in the Royal Australian Air Force during the Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi .... Bradley went on to join his local club and was one of Essendon's wingmen in their strong Dick Reynolds led side. They made the grand final in each of the four seasons which Bradley played and he was part of three of them. After playing in losing grand final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Brittingham
Bill Brittingham (5 September 1923 – 18 June 1996) was an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League, Victorian Football League (VFL). He played in the Essendon Football Club, Essendon premiership teams of 1946, 1949 and 1950. He originally played at Full-forward, full forward, winning the league Coleman Medal, goal kicking award in 1946, then switched Full back (Australian rules football), full back in his latter years. References External links * *Bill Brittingham's profile at Essendon FC Essendon Football Club players Essendon Football Club Premiership players Warrnambool Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) 1923 births 1996 deaths Three-time VFL/AFL Premiership players {{AFL-bio-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Rawle
Keith Trevillian Rawle (29 October 1924 – 6 March 2005) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s. Family He was the son of former North Melbourne and Essendon footballer George Rawle. Football Rawle usually played as a forward pocket and had two stints with Essendon. He was a member of Essendon premiership teams in 1946 and again in 1949 when he kicked three goals in what would be his last game. He also played in three losing Grand Final sides, all of which were close games. In 1943 his team lost to Richmond by five points, in 1947 they were defeated by a point to Carlton and in 1948 Essendon lost a Grand Final replay to Melbourne after drawing the original game. War service During World War II, from 1942 to 1946, Rawle served in the Royal Australian Air Force. Cricket In 1948 he played a first-class cricket match for Victoria against Tasmania in Hobart and made 10 runs. See also * List of Vi ... [...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] |
Bill Hutchison (footballer)
William Henry Hutchison (28 April 1923 – 18 June 1982), often referred to as "Hutchy", was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL) with the Essendon Football Club, who played 290 VFL games, from 1942 to 1957, and kicked 496 goals. Generally considered one of the finest rovers ever to play the game, he captained Essendon from 1951 to 1957, and was a vital part of Essendon's premiership sides in 1942, 1946, 1949 and 1950. Family The son of Scottish parents, Henry Kearton Hutchison (1884–1962) and Agnes Caskie Hutchison (1889–1977), née Brown, William Henry Hutchison was born at Kensington on 28 April 1923. He married Helen Isabel "Nell" Giles (1923–2011) in 1947. Football career Hutchison played with Essendon from 1942 to 1957. Debut He made his First XVIII debut on 16 May 1942 as a wingman, against Footscray, in Round 2 of the 1942 season; originally listed as an emergency, he was a last-minute replacement for the unavailable Les Grig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Bickford
George Fountain Bickford (9 January 1927 – 30 November 2009) was an Australian rules football player. Bickford was a member of the Melbourne premiership team in 1948 and was educated at Wesley College, Melbourne. Personal life Bickford served as an ordinary seaman in the Royal Australian Navy during the Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin .... References George Bickford's obituary External links * *DemonWiki profile Melbourne Football Club players 1927 births 2009 deaths People educated at Wesley College (Victoria) Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Royal Australian Navy personnel of World War II Royal Australian Navy sailors Melbourne Football Club premiership players VFL/AFL premiership players People from Glen Iris, Victori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob McClure
Robert Craig McClure (born April 29, 1952) is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher from 1975 to 1993, most notably as a member of the Milwaukee Brewers with whom he won the 1982 American League pennant. Following his playing career, he has served as a coach for several MLB teams. Playing career Kansas City Royals McClure was born in Oakland, California, and attended Terra Nova High School in Pacifica, California, and College of San Mateo in San Mateo, California. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the third round of the January phase of the 1973 Major League Baseball draft, however chose not to sign. Instead, he signed with the Kansas City Royals, who selected him in the secondary phase of the draft that June, also in the third round. The Royals used McClure as a starting pitcher his first professional season in the Pioneer League in 1973. He went 10–2 with a 2.11 earned run average ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perc Bushby
Percy Bushby (27 May 1919 – 29 August 1975) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He played in the Essendon Essendon may refer to: Australia *Electoral district of Essendon *Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington * Essendon, Victoria **Essendon railway station **Essendon Airport * Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League United Ki ... premiership teams in 1942 and 1946. He won the Essendon best and fairest award in 1944. Bushby captain-coached Stawell to a premiership in 1950 and led Ararat to four flags from 1955 to 1958. External links * * 1919 births Australian rules footballers from New South Wales Essendon Football Club players Essendon Football Club Premiership players Stawell Football Club players Ararat Football Club players Coburg Football Club coaches Crichton Medal winners 1975 deaths Two-time VFL/AFL Premiership players {{AFL-bio-1919-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norm Smith
Norman Walter Smith (21 November 1915 – 29 July 1973) was an Australian rules football player and coach in the Victorian Football League (VFL). After more than 200 games as a player with and , Smith began a twenty-year coaching career, including a fifteen-year stint at Melbourne. A Legend in the Australian Football Hall of Fame, Smith is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential coaches in the game's history, as well as being one of the finest full-forwards of his era. Like legendary Collingwood coach Jock McHale, Smith could take young players of different backgrounds and mould them into a disciplined team. Along with his brother Len, Smith's ability to think innovatively when it came to tactics had a profound influence on the game, most notably through his protégé Ron Barassi. Smith played in four premierships with Melbourne and then coached the club to six further premierships in the 1950s and 1960s, but his sensational sacking midway through the 1965 sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
