Ronald William Simpson (22 April 1926 – 11 August 2016) was 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
Fitzroy in the
Victorian Football League (VFL).
In 1945 he enlisted in the
Royal Australian Air Force
"Through Adversity to the Stars"
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Simpson won
Tongala
Tongala is a town in the Goulburn Valley region of northern Victoria, Australia. The town is in the Shire of Campaspe local government area, between Kyabram and Echuca, north of the state capital, Melbourne. At the , Tongala had a population of ...
's best and fairest award in 1944.
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1926 births
2016 deaths
Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Fitzroy Football Club players
Cobram Football Club players
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