Ernest John McIntyre (19 April 1921 – 10 April 2003) was an

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er who played for St Kilda and Collingwood in the

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(VFL) during the 1940s. He was born at

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, a suburb of

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, in 1921. McIntyre, a ruckman, began his football career at

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in 1939 before crossing to the VFL where he joined St Kilda. A dentist by profession, he played his football as an amateur and didn't appear at all for St Kilda in 1942 due to Navy commitments. He represented Victoria in an interstate match against South Australia at Adelaide in 1945. Noted for his sportsmanlike conduct on the field, on one occasion during a game he helped an opponent

Don Cordner Donald Pruen Cordner (21 January 1922 – 13 May 2009), M.B.B.S. was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne Football Club, Melbourne in the Australian Football League, Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s. His brot ...

to his feet and also once applauded another opponent Bill Morris after he took a good mark. This rubbed coach

Fred Froude Frederick Ernest Froude (3 July 1910 – 16 June 1978) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and coached St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Although Froude played most of his career as a half back flank ...

and the St Kilda committee up the wrong way and when McIntyre was relegated to 19th man for a game in 1948 he resigned and switched to Collingwood. He appeared in his first ever final series that year, kicking two goals in Collingwood's losing Preliminary Final against Melbourne. A club cricketer for St Kilda during the 1940s,Ernest McIntyre
CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 March 2023. McIntyre also played two

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matches for

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as a right-arm fast-medium pace bowler, taking 11 wickets at a

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of 16.45 runs per wicket. Both his first-class matches were against Tasmania in December 1946 in non-

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matches. In the second fixture, at Hobart, McIntyre took 4/52 in the first innings which were his career best figures. McIntyre died at Melbourne in April 2003. He was aged 81.Ernest McIntyre

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. Retrieved 11 March 2003.

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Ernest McIntyre's playing statistics
from The VFA Project * {{DEFAULTSORT:McIntyre, Ernest 1921 births 2003 deaths St Kilda Football Club players Collingwood Football Club players Sandringham Football Club players Australian cricketers Victoria cricketers Australian dentists Cricketers from Melbourne Australian rules footballers from Melbourne 20th-century dentists Royal Australian Navy personnel of World War II People from Albert Park, Victoria Military personnel from Melbourne