Athol Webb (born 13 September 1935) 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 for

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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) during the late 1950s. A small forward, Webb was a premiership player with Melbourne in 1956 and 1957. He kicked five goals in the

1956 VFL grand final The 1956 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 15 September 1956. It was the 59th annual Grand Final of the Vic ...

win and topped their goalkicking in their 1957 VFL premiership season with 56 goals. He represented both Victoria and his home state of Tasmania at interstate football. Webb was captain / coach of the Norfolk Football Club from 1960 to 1961, then with East Launceston Football Club in 1962–63 in the NTFA. Webb was then enticed to Sydney as captain coach of Western Suburbs from 1964 to 1966, which included their 1965 Sydney Football League premiership. Webb moved onto coach The Rock Yerong Creek Football Club from 1967 to 1969 in the

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, then stayed on for six more years as a player.

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1935 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Tasmania Melbourne Football Club players East Launceston Football Club players New Norfolk Football Club players Scottsdale Football Club players Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame inductees Melbourne Football Club Premiership players Two-time VFL/AFL Premiership players {{AFL-bio-1930s-stub