Cecil Everard Sandford (2 August 1874 – 12 October 1946) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er 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, ...

and St Kilda 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 educated at

Geelong College , motto_translation = Thus one goes to the stars , established = , type = Independent, co-educational, day and boarding, Christian school , denomination = in association with the Uniting ...

. Sandford spent the 1897 and 1898 seasons at Geelong, but only put together eight games.AFL Tables: Cecil Sandford
/ref> He was instantly appointed captain of St Kilda, when he joined them in 1901. His stint as captain began well, with the club ending a four-year win-less streak in his first game for the club. After losing the captaincy for the 1901 season, he had a good year, topping St Kilda's goal-kicking, with nine goals. He later served as the sports master of Scotch College.''The Argus'
"St Kilda - The Unpredictable"
30 July 1949, p. 3 Sandford's brothers

Ben Ben is frequently used as a shortened version of the given names Benjamin, Benedict, Bennett or Benson, and is also a given name in its own right. Ben (in he, בֶּן, ''son of'') forms part of Hebrew surnames, e.g. Abraham ben Abraham ( he, � ...

and

George Sandford George Sandford may refer to: * George Sandford (British politician) (1821–1879) * George Sandford, 3rd Baron Mount Sandford George Sandford, 3rd Baron Mount Sandford (10 May 1756 – 25 September 1846), was an Irish politician. Sandford was ...

also played for St Kilda.

References

1874 births 1946 deaths Geelong Football Club players St Kilda Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) People educated at Geelong College {{AFL-bio-1870s-stub