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1951 VFL Grand Final
The 1951 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 29 September 1951. It was the 54th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1951 VFL season. The match Geelong The match, attended by 84,109 spectators, was won by Geelong by 11 points (the club's fourth premiership). The win by Geelong — its first since winning the 1937 VFL Grand Final — capped off a brilliant season; the team won the Minor Premiership, its back-pocket, Bernie Smith, won the Brownlow Medal, and its full-forward, George Goninon, was the league's leading goalkicker. Essendon This was the sixth successive Grand Final appearance for Essendon, the reigning premiers, who were attempting to win three successive flags, after having defeated Carlton in the 1949 VFL Grand Final and North Melbourne in the 1950 VFL Grand Final. Essendon went ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AFL Geelong Icon
AFL may refer to: Sports * American Football League (AFL), a name shared by several separate and unrelated professional American football leagues: ** American Football League (1926) (a.k.a. "AFL I"), first rival of the National Football League (NFL) that competed in 1926 ** American Football League (1934), regional borderline-major league that competed in 1934 ** American Football League (1936) (a.k.a. "AFL II"), second rival of the NFL that competed in 1936 and 1937 ** American Football League (1938), minor professional American football league that changed its name to the American Professional Football Association in 1939 ** American Football League (1940) (a.k.a. "AFL III"), third rival of the NFL that competed in 1940 and 1941 ** American Football League (1944), offshoot of the Pacific Coast Professional Football League, played one year before merging back with the PCPFL ** American Football League (1946), name adopted by the American Association minor American football lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950 VFL Grand Final
The 1950 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 23 September 1950. It was the 53rd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1950 VFL season. The match, attended by 85,869 spectators , was won by Essendon by 38 points, marking that club's tenth premiership victory. Background This was North Melbourne's first-ever VFL Grand Final, while Essendon were competing in their fifth successive premiership decider. They were the reigning premiers, having defeated Carlton in the 1949 VFL Grand Final. Essendon's victory sent the retiring Dick Reynolds out in style, although he would come out of retirement for one final game in 1951. Teams * Umpire – Jack McMurray, Jr. Statistics Goalkickers Notes References Bibliography * * * External links *1950 Grand Final stats page on AFL Tables Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Renfrey
Russell 'Hooker' Renfrey (11 August 1923 – 28 April 2018) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, ... in the VFL. His career spanned from 1946 to 1956, during which he played 202 games for Geelong. At 182 cm and 83.5 kg, he was an important team member of that era, playing ruck rover in a team that boasted many prominent players. Renfrey joined Geelong in 1946 with his only football experience in matches played during his stint in the Army. He was selected immediately in the Geelong Senior team and never played in the second eighteen, although was the 19th man in his 152nd match. He was the leading goal kicker for Geelong in his debut year (1946) with 38 goals. Renfrey represented Victoria in the inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Fulton
Terence Ronald Fulton (12 March 1930 – 15 July 2022) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL). A speedy wingman, he played in Geelong's 1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ... and 1952 VFL premierships. References External links * * 1930 births 2022 deaths Geelong Football Club players Geelong Football Club Premiership players Geelong West Football Club players East Geelong Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Two-time VFL/AFL Premiership players {{AFL-bio-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Turner
Leo Turner (15 May 1928 – 17 December 1997) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong 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). He was named in 2001 as a wingman in the club's official 'Team of the Century' with his son Michael named in the same position. Turner was a left footer and had made his debut with Geelong in 1947. He was a member of their back-to-back premiership sides in 1951 and 1952 and represented Victoria 13 times in interstate football. References External links * 1928 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Geelong Football Club players Geelong Football Club Premiership players 1997 deaths Two-time VFL/AFL Premiership players {{AFL-bio-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syd Tate
Sydney "Spudda" Tate (13 February 1925 – 15 May 2015) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the VFL. Tate was a wingman in Geelong's 1951 premiership side, his last year in the league. He could also play as a rover and was originally from the Victorian town of Yallourn Yallourn, Victoria was a company town in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia built between the 1920s and 1950s to house employees of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria, who operated the nearby Yallourn Power Station, Victoria, Yal .... References External links * 1925 births 2015 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Geelong Football Club players Geelong Football Club premiership players English emigrants to Australia VFL/AFL players born in England VFL/AFL premiership players {{AFL-bio-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Middlemiss
Russell Middlemiss (6 July 1929 – 5 August 2019) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the VFL during the early 1950s. Middlemiss was a half back flanker and was an important player in defence for Geelong in their back to back premiership triumphs. His son, Glen Middlemiss Glenn Russell Middlemiss (born 8 June 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He is the son of Russell Middlemiss, a Geelong premiership player in 1951 and 19 ..., also played for Geelong, as well as St Kilda. References External links * 1929 births 2019 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Geelong Football Club players Geelong Football Club Premiership players Two-time VFL/AFL Premiership players {{AFL-bio-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hyde (footballer)
John Charles Arthur Hyde (11 April 1930 – 26 March 2020) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL) for the Geelong Football Club. Originally from Portarlington, Victoria, Hyde won Geelong's best and fairest award in 1950 before playing in their back-to-back premierships in 1951 and 1952. Hyde left Victoria after the 1954 VFL season to join Claremont in the West Australian National Football League (WANFL) as captain-coach. Hyde died of cancer on 26 March 2020. His son, John Norman Hyde, was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly The Western Australian Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Western Australia, an Australian state. The Parliament sits in Parliament House in the Western Australian capital, Perth. The Legisla ... from 2001 to 2013. External links * References Geelong Football Club players Geelong Football Club Premiership players Carji Greeves Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Worner
Allan Albert 'Bert' Worner (18 September 1929 – 2 September 2012) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, ... in the VFL during the early 1950s. Worner usually played on the half back flank but was also seen on the wing and in the centre. Recruited from Swan Hill, he was a premiership player in 1951 and 1952. References External links * * 1929 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Geelong Football Club players Geelong Football Club Premiership players 2012 deaths Two-time VFL/AFL Premiership players {{AFL-bio-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loy Stewart
David Loy Stewart (19 May 1927 – 19 August 2010) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1950s. Stewart enlisted in the Australian Army shortly after his eighteenth birthday and served until 1947. Stewart came to Geelong from Albury and in his brief career was used mostly in the ruck and defence. He was a back pocket In the sport of Australian rules football, each of the eighteen players in a team is assigned to a particular named position on the field of play. These positions describe both the player's main role and by implication their location on the gro ... in Geelong's 11 point Grand Final win over Essendon in 1951. References *Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing. External links * 1927 births Australian rules footballers from New South Wales Geelong Football Club players Geelong Football Club Premiersh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Morrison (footballer)
Bruce Morrison (19 June 1923 – 12 April 2012) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). "Joey" Morrison was recruited from Bairnsdale, Victoria after winning the 1947 Gippsland Football League best and fairest, Trood award and a best on ground performance in their 1947 premiership win against Sale. Morrison became a highly regarded full-back for the Geelong Football Club. He played 130 games for Geelong and won a string of awards in his first season of VFL football, winning the 1948 club best and fairest, best first year player, Geelong Workers Club best and fairest award and the Geelong Advertiser Trophy. He was well remembered for a particular kick against the Footscray at Whitten Oval. When he was playing at full-back, he tried to kick the ball out after a behind was scored but the wind was so strong that when he kicked the ball it floated over his head and through the goals. The goal u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Payne (footballer)
Frederick Ronald Payne (born 4 February 1927) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Payne experienced victory in the first 14 senior games that he played, but being part of a strong Essendon squad also meant it was difficult to command regular selection and he missed out on playing in their 1949 and 1950 premiership teams. He played as both a follower and forward during his career. Originally from Ardmona, he made 16 appearances for Essendon in 1951. Payne missed both the semi-final and preliminary final with a thigh injury, but was named on the bench for the 1951 VFL Grand Final. He would end up starting the game in the forward pocket, after Essendon player John Gill had to withdraw. In 1954 he joined Hawthorn, where he played in the seconds. Having been unable to make it into the seniors, Payne crossed to Bendigo Football League club Kyneton Kyneton ( ) is a town in the Macedon Ranges region of Victori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
