Ted "Square" Kilmurray (born 18 August 1934) is a former

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er who played with

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in the

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between 1953 and 1966 for a total of 257 games. Kilmurrary was often used on the half forward flanks but also played as a key position forward and ruck-rover. He was a good exponent of the

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and won East Perth's

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in 1958, breaking teammate

Graham Farmer Graham Vivian "Polly" Farmer (10 March 1935 14 August 2019) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and the East Perth Football Club and West Perth Football Club in th ...

's sequence of four in a row. That year he also won a Sandover Medal as best player in the competition as voted for by the umpires. He was a three time premiership player with East Perth and represented Western Australia at interstate football on four occasions. In 2005 Kilmurray was named on the interchange bench in the official

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* 1934 births Living people Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football East Perth Football Club players Sandover Medal winners West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees Australian rules footballers from Western Australia Indigenous Australians from Western Australia People from Wiluna, Western Australia {{AFL-bio-1930s-stub