Vern Drake (born 16 April 1946) 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

Fitzroy Fitzroy or FitzRoy may refer to: People As a given name *Several members of the Somerset family (Dukes of Beaufort) have this as a middle-name: **FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788–1855) ** Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beau ...

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) in the number 41 jumper. Drake spent 1967 playing under

Fred Wooller Fred Wooller (born 21 October 1938) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the VFL. Football Recruited from Bacchus Marsh, Wooller started his career as a full forward and topped Geelong's goalkicking with 56 go ...

in Tasmania with the

Penguin Football Club The Penguin Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Penguin, Tasmania. It was founded in 1890. Penguin currently competes in the North West Football League (NWFL), previously known as the "Northern Tasmanian Football Leagu ...

. Drake was captain-coach of Arian Park / Mirrool Football Club in the

South West Football League (New South Wales) The South West District Football League was a major Australian rules football competition which ran from 1910 until 1981 in the Riverina region of New South Wales. History The first recorded Australian Rules Football match in the Riverina area wa ...

in 1968, then moved onto coach

Shepparton United Football Club The Shepparton United Football Netball Club, nicknamed the ''Demons'', is an Australian rules football and netball based in the city of Shepparton in northern Victoria (Australia), Victoria. The club teams currently compete in the Goulburn Vall ...

in 1969. He then coached

Benalla Football Club The Benalla Football Netball Club, nicknamed the ''Saints'', is an Australian rules football and netball club based in Benalla, Victoria. Its football and netball teams currently compete in the Goulburn Valley Football League. History ;Benalla ...

from 1970 to 1972. Drake then coached Cooee Football Club to the 1973

North Western Football Union The North West Football Union (NWFU) was an Australian rules football competition which ran from 1910 to 1986. In its time it was one of the three main leagues in Tasmania, with the Tasmanian Football League and Northern Tasmanian Football Asso ...

premiership. Drake was later captain coach of

North Albury Football Club The North Albury Football Netball Club, nicknamed the ''Hoppers'', is an Australian rules football and netball club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League (O&MFL). They are incorporated as part of the North Albury Sports Club licensed c ...

, eventually kicking 617 goals in the

Ovens & Murray Football League The Ovens and Murray Football Netball League (O&MFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition containing ten clubs based in north-eastern Victoria, the southern Riverina region of New South Wales and the Ovens and Murray are ...

, which included his goals kicked at Benalla. Drake later settled in Albury and established the Vern Drake Real Estate business.

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1966 photo of V Drake
{{DEFAULTSORT:Drake, Vern Living people 1946 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Fitzroy Football Club players