Gordon Sawley
Gordon Harold "Gertie" Sawley (28 June 1913 – 14 August 1942) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The son of Andrew Gilbert Sawley (1883-1964), and Florence Maud Sawley (1883-1964), née Baldock, Gordon Harold Sawley was born at Norwood, South Australia on 28 June 1913. Siblings His older brother, Frank Sawley, played 26 games with Norwood (1931-1934). Frank's son, Brian Sawley, played 138 games with Norwood. Brian Sawley is also remembered for being knocked unconscious by Victorian ruckman John Peck in the third quarter of the interstate match between Victoria and South Australia in Adelaide om 7 July 1963. Peck was found guilty of the offence by the South Australian Tribunal, which left the penalty to be determined by the VFL — displaying controversial leniency, the VFL only suspended Peck for two weeks. His younger brother, Albert Sawley, played 110 games for Norwood and 11 games for St Ki ...
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List Of Victorian Football League Players Who Died In Active Service
Since the inception of the Victorian Football League in 1897, many of its players have served in the armed services, including the Anglo–Boer War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War (in which Melbourne's Geoff Collins served as a fighter pilot), and the Vietnam War (in which Essendon's Keith Gent, Lindsay McGie, and Ian Payne, and Geelong's Wayne Closter all served). A number of the VFL players who served also lost their lives on active service; they were either killed in action, or died as a consequence of the wounds, injuries, and/or illnesses they had suffered in their active service. According to Main & Allen (2002, p. x), "no VFL footballer was killed in any wars other than the Anglo–Boer War and the two World Wars". Anglo-Boer War Charlie Moore and Stan Reid, the only two VFL players to be killed in the Anglo–Boer War, had played against each other in the 1898 VFL Grand Final. Reid had played in the back pocket for Fitzroy and was one of Fitzroy's be ...
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