George Birrell Moodie (22 October 1872 – 4 June 1954) 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 for the
Melbourne Football Club
The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Demons, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. It is based in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, ...
in the early years of 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).
A strongly built yet durable ruck shepherd, Moodie played alongside champions
Fred McGinis
Fred McGinis (11 November 1874 – 30 March 1953) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) and the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family
The son of Louis McGu ...
and
Vic Cumberland
Harold Vivian "Vic" Cumberland (4 July 1877 – 15 July 1927), also known as Harry Cumberland, was an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League, Victorian Football League (VFL) and the South Australian National Football Leag ...
. He started out at Melbourne in their
Victorian Football Association
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days and then played in their first nine VFL seasons. Moodie was a three time
Victorian
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19th century
* Victorian era, British history during Queen Victoria's 19th-century reign
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** Victorian house
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interstate representative and a member of Melbourne's
1900 premiership team.
In early 1916, at the age of 43, he enlisted to serve in World War I but did not see active service.
References
External links
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Demonwiki profile
1872 births
Melbourne Football Club players
1954 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Brighton Football Club players
Melbourne Football Club (VFA) players
Melbourne Football Club premiership players
VFL/AFL premiership players
People from South Melbourne
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