Ronald Ellis Savage (22 April 1917 – 15 January 1974) was an

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er who played for Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

The son of unmarried mother Violet Irene Ellis (1891–1919), Ronald Ellis was born at Carlton on 22 April 1917. Shortly after his birth he was adopted by Joseph William Savage (1874–1952) and Annie Savage, nee Harrison, and took the name Ronald Ellis Savage.

Football

Savage made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in round 14 of the 1938 season. He left the club after winning the

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award in 1945. He moved Tasmania for a few years and played or coached

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in the Tasmanian Football League (1946–47), Franklin in the Huon Football Association in 1948, and then

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(1949–50) and

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(1951–52) in the Northern Tasmanian Football Association. Savage then returned to Victoria to coach the Red Cliffs Football Club.

War service

In the middle of his time at Carlton, Savage enlisted to serve in the Australian Army during World War II.

Death

Ronald Ellis Savage died at Mooroopna on 15 January 1974 and was cremated at Fawkner Memorial Park.

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Notes

1917 births 1974 deaths Carlton Football Club players Carlton Football Club Premiership players John Nicholls Medal winners Hobart Football Club coaches Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Hobart Football Club players City-South Football Club players City-South Football Club coaches Longford Football Club players One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players People from Carlton, Victoria Australian Army personnel of World War II Military personnel from Melbourne {{AFL-bio-1917-stub