Ken Sier (27 January 1922 – 23 February 2001) 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 with

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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

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(VFL) during the 1940s. His best year came in 1944 where he kicked 41 goals as a full forward, 3 of them in the

1944 VFL Grand Final The 1944 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Fitzroy Football Club and Richmond Football Club, held at the Junction Oval in Melbourne on 30 September 1944. It was the 46th annual grand final of the Victor ...

victory over his future club Richmond. In December 1946, Sier was appointed as captain / coach of the

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, in Corowa, NSW. In January, 1947, it was announced that Fitzroy refused Sier a clearance to coach

at £10 per week.

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2004 obituary of Maurie Hearn, mentioning Clen Denning and Laurie Bickerton as the surviving members of the Maroons' 1944 side
1922 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Fitzroy Football Club players Fitzroy Football Club Premiership players Richmond Football Club players 2001 deaths One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players {{AFL-bio-1920s-stub