Ron Stubbs (born 3 October 1948) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for

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in the VFL. Stubbs spent a lot of time in the Hawthorn reserves and managed only 17 senior games during his four seasons. Six of them came early in the 1971 season, a premiership year for Hawthorn. Ron was a much respected player for Carrum, who at that time played in the MPFL. He played for Carrum before his Hawthorn time and afterwards. He was a member of the 1973 and 1974 Premiership teams

(In the image of the 1974 team, he is in the back row 7th from the left). Ron was the Best and Fairest in the MPFL in 1968 and 1975. He was also Best and Fairest at Carrum in 1967, 68, 73, 75, 79 and 81. He finished his career in Tasmania and played with Devonport Football Club, Devonport in the

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. He represented the state at the

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and was selected in the

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team.

References

*Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stubbs, Ron 1948 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Hawthorn Football Club players Devonport Football Club players Tasmanian State of Origin players All-Australians (1953–1988) Living people