Vivian Guy Valentine (3 December 1887 – 7 August 1967) was an
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 and coach 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 ...
.
Valentine made his debut for the
Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's top professional competition.
Founded in 1864 in Carlton, an inner suburb of Mel ...
in Round 2 of the 1911 season.
He retired from playing the game in 1918 and coached the Blues in the 1919 season.
Death
He died in
Cheltenham, Victoria on 7 August 1967.
Deaths: Valentine, ''The Age'', (Tuesday, 8 August 1967), p. 18.
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See also
* 1908 Melbourne Carnival
The 1908 Melbourne Carnival was the inaugural Australian National Football Carnival, an Australian rules football interstate competition, held in Melbourne in August 1908. It was known at the time as the Jubilee Australasian Football Carnival b ...
References
External links
Viv Valentine
at Blueseum
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1887 births
1967 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Launceston, Tasmania
Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents
Carlton Football Club coaches
Carlton Football Club players
Carlton Football Club Premiership players
Launceston Football Club players
Latrobe Football Club players
Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame inductees
One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players
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