George Boucher Cassidy (19 August 1905 – 12 January 1985) was a former

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er who played with

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in the

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(VFL). He attended Caulfield Grammar School, and was recruited by Melbourne from the

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. In 1928, playing for Caulfield Grammarians, he was declared to be the best and fairest player in the

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's A Grade competition: "as a ruck and half-forward … G. Cassidy, of Old Caulfield Grammarians … has been a mainstay of that team all the season through". Towards the end of the 1928 season he played two games for the Brighton First XVIII in the Victorian Football Association: the first against Port Melbourne in the final home-and-away game for the season on Saturday, 18 August 1928, and the second in the season's second semi-final (Brighton lost to Coburg by three points). In 1929 he was, again, playing for Caulfield Grammarians (who had been relegated to B Grade), and was selected to play for the Victorian Amateur Football Association team against the South Australian Amateur Football Association. He played his first match for the Melbourne First XVIII against Essendon in round 9 (Saturday, 29 June 1929) of the 1929 season: he kicked two goals. He was a member of the Melbourne Second XVIII—playing at centre half-forward he kicked the first goal of the match—that won the 1931 premiership, beating Geelong Seconds by 8 points.League Second Eighteens: Melbourne Wins Premiership, ''The Age'', (Monday, 12 October 1931), p.15Melbourne Get Honors, ''The Sporting Globe'', (Saturday, 10 October 1931, p.3

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cassidy, George 1905 births 1985 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Melbourne Football Club players People educated at Caulfield Grammar School

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