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1960 VFL Grand Final
The 1960 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 24 September 1960 in extremely wet conditions due to persistent rain during the previous week. It was the 63rd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1960 VFL season. The match, attended despite the conditions by 97,457 spectators, was won by Melbourne by a margin of 48 points, marking that club's 11th premiership victory. Collingwood's score stands as the lowest it has kicked since the sixth round of ''1900'', and its sixth-lowest ever. Their four scoring shots is the second-lowest by any team since the tenth round of 1908, with only Fitzroy against Footscray in 1953 having fewer. Even the two goals the Magpies did score were regarded as very lucky. One was from a long kick that just made the distance, and the other was after an easy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AFL Melbourne 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] |
Trevor Johnson (footballer)
Trevor Johnson (25 January 1935 – 10 November 2016) was an Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Johnson played for Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ... in the five VFL grand finals, winning four. References External links * *Profileat DemonWiki 1935 births 2016 deaths Melbourne Football Club players Epping Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Four-time VFL/AFL Premiership players Melbourne Football Club Premiership players {{AFL-bio-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Len Mann
Len Mann (born 21 August 1938) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL during the early 1960s. Mann, originally from Merbein, was Melbourne's first choice ruckman in their 1960 premiership side. His cousin Harold Harold may refer to: People * Harold (given name), including a list of persons and fictional characters with the name * Harold (surname), surname in the English language * András Arató, known in meme culture as "Hide the Pain Harold" Arts a ... played beside him in that team, better known as 'Hassa' which was a nickname Len gave him as a child. References * *Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing. 1938 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Melbourne Football Club players Living people Melbourne Football Club Premiership players One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players {{AFL-bio-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank 'Bluey' Adams
Frank Adams (12 June 1935 – 11 August 2019), known as Bluey Adams, was an Australian rules football player, who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) for the Melbourne Football Club. Football His prime positions were in the forward 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 ..., where he was a regular, damaging goal-kicker, and as a rover and a wing-man, where he was able to use his great pace to advantage in the open spaces of the MCG. He was one of the fortunate few Melbourne players to be part of all six premierships the club gained during its ten 'golden years' from 1955 to 1964. Athletics Adams was a national champion professional sprinter. Adams won the 1957, 75 yards/130 yards Gift double at Cobram then a week later won the Lilydale Gift (130 yds) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Rowarth
Alan William Michael Rowarth (born 24 August 1936) is a former 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). Rowarth first played with Melbourne in 1958 and despite playing 10 games that year he missed the Grand Final. He made the decider however the following season and, playing as full-forward, helped his team win by kicking four goals, bringing his season tally to 42. Rowarth enjoyed premiership success again in 1960. External links * 1936 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Melbourne Football Club players Living people Melbourne Football Club Premiership players Two-time VFL/AFL Premiership players {{AFL-bio-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Johnson (Australian Footballer, Born 1935)
Bob or Bobby Johnson may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Bob Johnson (actor) (1920–1993), voice actor noted for ''Mission: Impossible'' mission messages * Bob Johnston (1932–2015), American record producer * Bob Johnson (musician) (born 1944), British guitarist * Robert L. Johnson (born 1946), founder of Black Entertainment Television * Bob Johnson, a fictional father from the animated series ''Squirrel Boy'' * Bob Johnson, a professional name of Neil Kaplan (active from 1993), American voice actor Politics * Bob A. Johnson (1945–2017), American politician and school social worker * Bob Johnson (Arkansas state representative) (born 1953), member of the Arkansas House of Representatives since 2015 * Bob Johnson (Arkansas state senator) (born 1962), member of the Arkansas State Senate from 2001 to 2011 and the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1995 to 2000 Sports American football * Bob Johnson (American football) (born 1946), former American football center * Bobb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hassa Mann
Harold Peter "Hassa" Mann (born 09 October 1940) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and captained Melbourne in the VFL during the 1960s. He earned the name Hassa when he was a toddler, from his cousin and future Melbourne footballer Len Mann. A centreman, Mann was recruited from Rutherglen, Victoria and made his debut for Melbourne in their premiership season of 1959. He was a premiership player again the following season and went on to become the club captain in 1965, a position he kept for four seasons. Mann finished in the top 10 of the Brownlow Medal count four times, including placing equal 7th in 1966 and equal 5th in 1967. He won Melbourne's Best and Fairest back to back in 1962 and 1963, and for a third time in 1967. He also twice topped their goalkicking, doing so as captain in 1967 and 1968. For his performance for Victoria in the 1966 Hobart Carnival he earned All-Australian selection. After finishing his VFL career in Victoria he became captain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clyde Laidlaw
Clyde Robert Laidlaw (born 27 November 1933) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Football Clyde Laidlaw was a midfielder in his four winning Grand Finals Primarily in Australian sports, a grand final (sometimes colloquially abbreviated to "grannie") is a game that decides a sports league's premiership (or championship) winning team, i.e. the conclusive game of a finals (or play-off) series. Sy ... in 1955, 1956, 1959 and 1960. Business commitments restricted Laidlaw to just six games in 1957, with a thigh injury sidelining him from the finals series.Piesse (1993), p.169. Footnotes References Piesse, Ken (1993). The Complete Guide to Australian Football. Melbourne: Pan MacMillan Australia Pty Limited. External links * Clyde Laidlaw, at ''Demonwiki''.* 1933 births Living people Melbourne Football Club players Portland Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoff Tunbridge
Geoff R. Tunbridge (7 April 1932 – 23 March 2015) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). At the age of 25, Tunbridge was recruited to Melbourne from Ballarat, where he was an Old Boy (from 1949) and teacher at Ballarat Church of England Boys Grammar School. His jumper was number 23 and he was a red-headed, spearing left-foot flanker. He originally commenced his footy career for University Blues in the Victorian Amateur Football Association. He began studies in Science at Melbourne University in 1952, and in 1953 entered residence at Trinity College (University of Melbourne), where he also played cricket and tennis. Tunbridge refused on ideological grounds to accept payment from Melbourne Football Club, as he believed that players should play for the love of the game. The only money he did accept was compensation for the cost of petrol, given the long drive between Ballarat and Melbourne (eight p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Kenneally
Bryan Kenneally (born 26 March 1942) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ... in the VFL during the 1960s. Kenneally was a versatile footballer and played in Melbourne's 1960 and 1964 premiership sides, as a wingman and half forward flanker respectively. For the rest of his career he was a ruck-rover, filling the position vacated by Ron Barassi and he earned selection to the Victorian interstate team in 1967. References * * 1942 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Melbourne Football Club players Living people Melbourne Football Club Premiership players Two-time VFL/AFL Premiership players {{AFL-bio-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurie Mithen
Lawrence Sidney Mithen (15 April 1934 – 2 February 2022) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL during their successful period in the late 1950s under Norm Smith. Education He was awarded a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne in April 1964. Ormond (VAFA) Playing for the Ormond Amateur Football Club in the Victorian Amateur Football Association, Mithen was the Association's best and fairest A Grade player in 1953. Melbourne (VFL) Recruited from Ormond, he played in three consecutive premierships from 1955 to 1957 and was a premiership player again in 1959 and 1960 to finish with five. Mithen played as a half forward early in his career before moving into the centre. It was as a centreman that he had most success, winning Melbourne's best and fairest in 1958 and 1959. VFL representative He was selected to play for Victoria in the 1958 ANFC Melbourne Carnival. In the only match (of a possible four) that he played in — the 7 Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Dixon (Australian Footballer)
Brian James Dixon (born 20 May 1936) is a former Australian rules footballer and Victorian politician. Dixon played 252 VFL games for Melbourne between 1954 and 1968, playing mostly on the wing. He played in five premierships, winning Melbourne's best and fairest in 1960, while in 1961 he was selected in the All-Australian team and he also won the Tassie Medal for his performances at the 1961 Brisbane Carnival. In 2000 he was named in Melbourne's Team of the Century. Despite still playing football for Melbourne, he entered parliament in 1964, as the member for the now abolished seat of St Kilda, representing the Liberal Party. Being from the moderate wing of the party he clashed with then Premier Henry Bolte, especially over the hanging of Ronald Ryan which Dixon strongly opposed. After Rupert Hamer took over as Liberal Party leader and Premier, Dixon was promoted to the ministry. He variously served in several portfolios including Youth, Sport and Recreation, Housing an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
