John Emin
   HOME

TheInfoList



Click Here for Items Related To - John Emin
OR:
John Emin on:   [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Amazon]

John Emin (born 29 March 1951) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for
Essendon Essendon may refer to: Australia *Electoral district of Essendon *Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington * Essendon, Victoria **Essendon railway station **Essendon Airport * Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League United Ki ...
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). Emin's Essendon career was brief, consisting of two games late in the
1973 VFL season The 1973 VFL season was the 77th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 7 April until 29 September, and comprised a 2 ...
and an Elimination Final loss to St Kilda, where he kicked his only career goal. He returned to Hobart in 1974 as captain and won their 'best and fairest' that year as well as finishing runner-up in the
William Leitch Medal The William Leitch Medal, named after the highly regarded former Australian rules player and Tasmanian Football Administrator William Douglas Leitch (1863-1943), was an annual award which was presented to the best and fairest player in the TANFL ...
. A ruckman, Emin represented Tasmania in the
1975 Knockout Carnival The 1975 Knockout Carnival was the 19th Australian National Football Carnival, an Australian rules football interstate competition. The tournament was won by Victoria. The 1975 carnival represented a significant change in format for the carnival. ...
. He crossed to Burnie in 1976 where he would play two seasons and later captain-coach in 1986. In between he had stints as captain-coach of Wynyard, a club he steered to a NWFU premiership in 1979, before captain-coaching Eastlake in Canberra.
Emin currently resides in Hobart where he is employed as a Parking manager for the Hobart City Council.


References

* *Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing. {{DEFAULTSORT:Emin, John 1951 births Living people Essendon Football Club players Burnie Football Club players Hobart Football Club players Wynyard Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Tasmania Eastlake Football Club players