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Ken Melville (oceanographer)
Peter Kennedy Melville (11 February 1931 - 18 September 2024) was a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League, Victorian Football League (VFL). Recruited from Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) club University Blacks, Melville debuted for Melbourne Football Club, Melbourne in 1953 VFL season, 1953 during the early period of Melbourne's golden era. He was a member of the 1955 VFL Grand Final, 1955 and 1956 VFL Grand Final, 1956 premiership teams before retiring at the end of the 1956 VFL season. Melville became a Presbyterian Church of Victoria, Presbyterian minister, serving in Stepney, London in the 1950s and then at Benalla from 1961 to 1964. References External links * 1931 births 2024 deaths Melbourne Football Club players Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy winners University Blacks Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Melbourne Football Club premiership ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Blacks
Melbourne University Football Club, often known simply as University, is an Australian rules football club based at the University of Melbourne. The club fields two teams, known as the "Blacks" and "Blues", who both compete in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) in the William Buck Premier Division. The club achieved prominence by being a member of Victoria's elite competition in the early 20th century, the Victorian Football League (VFL; now AFL), between 1908 and 1914, departing after its strict policy of amateurism left it uncompetitive in an increasingly professional league. It is one of only three clubs to leave the competition in its entire history. It is one of 13 clubs to have competed in both the VFA and the breakaway VFL competition prior to its expansion into a national competition. The club has also, since the 1990s, fielded a women's team (nicknamed the "Mugars") that competed at the highest level of women's competition, the Victorian Women's Footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
