Albert Rupert Joseph Rodda (8 September 1920 – 15 May 2002) was an
Australian rules football
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player in the
Victorian Football League
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(VFL). Rodda played 50 odd games with the State Savings Bank Football Club in the Amateurs prior to joining Melbourne. He was a member of the
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 ...
's VFL premiership teams in
1939
This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1
** Third Reich
*** Jews are forbidden to ...
,
1940 and
1948. Rodda was a member of Melbourne's
1946
Events January
* January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held.
* January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into f ...
losing VFL grand final team and was Melbourne's best player in the 1948 drawn VFL grand final.
Rodda coached
Myrtleford
Myrtleford is a town in northeast Victoria, Australia, 280 km (170 miles) northeast of Melbourne and 46 km (29 miles) southeast of Wangaratta. Myrtleford is part of the Alpine Shire local government area and in 2016 the town had a po ...
in the
Ovens & Murray Football League
The Ovens and Murray Football Netball League (O&MFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition containing ten clubs based in north-eastern Victoria, the southern Riverina region of New South Wales and the Ovens and Murray are ...
from 1951 to 1954, and was runner up in the 1955 O&MFL best and fairest award, the Morris Medal in 1955. Rodda then coached
Bright
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*Bright, an adjective meaning giving off or reflecting illumination; see Brightness
*Bright, an adjective meaning someone with intelligence
People
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in the
Ovens & King Football League
The Ovens & King Football Netball League is a minor country Australian rules football league based in North-Eastern Victoria in the vicinity of Wangaratta and more recently Benalla.
History
The ''Ovens & King Football League'' was formed on ...
in 1956 and 1957 and won the club best and fairest in 1957 too.
Rodda also served in the Royal Australian Air Force during
World War Two
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 opposing ...
.
References
External links
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Australian Football.com profile of Alby RoddaDemonwiki: Alby Rodda profile
Melbourne Football Club players
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy winners
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
1920 births
2002 deaths
Melbourne Football Club Premiership players
Three-time VFL/AFL Premiership players
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