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John Cassin (born 2 July 1951) is a former
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footballer who played for
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,
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and
Fitzroy Fitzroy or FitzRoy may refer to: People As a given name *Several members of the Somerset family (Dukes of Beaufort) have this as a middle-name: **FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788–1855) ** Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beau ...
in the VFL, and West Torrens in the
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. He made his league debut in 1971 for Essendon after being recruited by the club under the father-son rule, his father
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was a dual premiership player with Essendon. Cassin was mainly a wingman during his career but was also used on the ball and up forward. In 1975 he left the VFL and joined West Torrens in South Australia, captaining them for the 1976 season. In 1977 he joined North Melbourne and was one of the club's leading goalkickers in their premiership year with 36 goals. He managed to play every game that year, including the
1977 VFL Grand Final The 1977 VFL Grand Final was a series of two Australian rules football matches between the North Melbourne Football Club and the Collingwood Football Club. Together they are considered the 80th and 81st grand finals of the Victorian Football Le ...
which went to a replay; as of 2022, he is the only player to have played twenty seven games in a VFL/AFL season. During the 1981 season he crossed to Fitzroy but only appeared 5 times for the club before leaving them the following year.


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* * 1951 births Living people Essendon Football Club players North Melbourne Football Club players North Melbourne Football Club premiership players Fitzroy Football Club players Colac Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) West Torrens Football Club players VFL/AFL premiership players {{Australia-footy-bio-stub