Laurie Moloney (born 28 April 1949) is a former
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
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 King ...
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).
Used initially as a wingman, Moloney played his best football for Essendon as a
back pocket
In the sport of Australian rules football, each of the eighteen players in a team is assigned to a particular named position on the field of play. These positions describe both the player's main role and by implication their location on the gro ...
.
He went to
Oakleigh during the 1976 season, then was captain-coach of Queensland club
Mayne in 1977.
[ From 1978 to 1982 he played for ]Belconnen
The District of Belconnen () is one of the original eighteen districts of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), used in land administration. The district is subdivided into 27 divisions (suburbs), sections and blocks. The district of Belconne ...
in the ACT, the last two years as captain-coach.[
]
Notes
External links
*
Laurie Moloney's profile
at Australianfootball.com
Living people
1949 births
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Essendon Football Club players
Leongatha Football Club players
Oakleigh Football Club players
Mayne Australian Football Club players
Belconnen Football Club players
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