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Ian Shelton (footballer)
Ian Stanley "Bluey" Shelton (24 February 1940 – 17 March 2021), known throughout his career as "Bluey", due to his thatch of red hair, was an Australian rules footballer, who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1960s. Family The son of Stanley Charles Shelton (1903–1983) and Jean Shelton (died 1978), née Dickens, Ian was born on 24 February 1940. He married Margery Henrietta Elliot on 26 March 1966. He is the nephew of John Thomas "Jack" Shelton (1905–1941), who played for St Kilda and South Melbourne, and the cousin of Bill Shelton, who played with Hawthorn. Ned Kelly As a young lad of 7, his grandfather, Richard Shelton, was saved from drowning in swollen Hughes Creek, Avenel by a young Ned Kelly, aged 10. VFL Footballer Recruited from Avenel, where he finished second in the 1958 Waranga North East Football Association, best and fairest award. Shelton was a strong, courageous, and talented footballer, able to kick well with both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Avenel Football Club
The Avenel Football Club fields two football sides in the Seniors & Reserves divisions of the Kyabram and District Football League. The Club wear a predominantly white jumper with a red "V", like that of the old South Melbourne Football Club in the VFL. The Kyabram and District Football League is a football league that covers an area similar to that of the Goulburn Valley and Picola & District Football Leagues, the league currently contains thirteen clubs. History Avenel is located on the Hume Highway in Central Victoria, Australia, not far from Seymour, Victoria and the Avenel Football Club is an Australian rules football club that was established in 1881 with evidence of a match against Seymour and many more games against other local towns up until the late 1890s when it first competed in the North East Football Association in 1898. Avenel first competed in the Waranga North East Football Association in 1913. The club is known as the 'Swans'. The Swans have won 16 seni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Best And Fairest
In Australian sport, the best and fairest award recognises the player(s) adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition. The awards are sometimes dependent on not receiving a suspension for misconduct or breaching the rules during that season. It is similar to most valuable player (MVP) awards in other team sports. In the Australian Football League (AFL), the Brownlow Medal is awarded to the player who, provided he has not been suspended during the season, receives the most votes from the umpire (Australian rules football), umpires for being the fairest and best player in games during the season (sports), home-and-away season. In each game, the umpires award three votes to the player they judge to be the best afield in that game, two votes to the second-best player, and one vote to the third-best player. The votes are counted at a gala function on the Monday preceding the grand final, Grand Final. The eligibility of s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Seymour Football Club Players
Seymour may refer to: Places Australia *Seymour, Victoria, a township **Seymour railway station * Electoral district of Seymour, a former electoral district in Victoria * Rural City of Seymour, a former local government area in Victoria * Seymour, Tasmania, a locality Canada * Seymour Range, a mountain range in British Columbia * Mount Seymour, British Columbia * Seymour River (Burrard Inlet), British Columbia * Seymour River (Shuswap Lake), British Columbia * Seymour Inlet, British Columbia * Seymour Narrows, British Columbia * Seymour Island (Nunavut) * Seymour Township, Ontario United States * Seymour, Connecticut, a town * Seymour, Illinois, a census-designated place * Seymour, Indiana, a city * Seymour, Iowa, a city * Seymour, Missouri, a city * Seymour, Tennessee, an unincorporated community and census-designated place * Seymour, Texas, a city * Seymour, Wisconsin (other) Elsewhere * Seymour Island, off the tip of Graham Land on the Antarctic Penins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Essendon Football Club Premiership Players
Essendon may refer to: Australia *Essendon, Victoria ** Essendon railway station ** Essendon Airport *Essendon Football Club, in the Australian Football League *Electoral district of Essendon *Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington Essendon and Flemington was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1889 to 1904. It was held for most of its existence by future Prime Minister Alfred Deakin Alfred Deakin (3 August 1856 – 7 October 1919) was an A ... United Kingdom * Essendon, Hertfordshire * Baron Essendon {{disambiguation, place name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Essendon Football Club Players
Essendon may refer to: Australia *Essendon, Victoria ** Essendon railway station ** Essendon Airport *Essendon Football Club The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed the Bombers or colloquially the Dons, is a professional Australian rules football club that plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the game's premier competition. The club was formed by the McCrac ..., in the Australian Football League * Electoral district of Essendon * Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington United Kingdom * Essendon, Hertfordshire * Baron Essendon {{disambiguation, place name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Australian Rules Footballers From Victoria (state)
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2021 Deaths
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1940 Births
A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280. Events Below, events related to World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January *January 4 – WWII: Luftwaffe Chief and Generalfeldmarschall Hermann Göring assumes control of most war industries in Nazi Germany, Germany, in his capacity as Plenipotentiary for the Four Year Plan. *January 6 – WWII: Winter War – General Semyon Timoshenko takes command of all Soviet forces. *January 7 – WWII: Winter War: Battle of Raate Road – Outnumbered Finnish troops decisively defeat Soviet forces. *January 8 – WWII: **Winter War: Battle of Suomussalmi – Finnish forces destroy the 44th Rifle Division (Soviet Union), Soviet 44th Rifle Division. **Food rationing in the United Kingdom begins; it will remain in force until 1954. *January 9 – WWII: British submarine is sunk in the Heligoland Bight. *January 10 – WWII: Mechele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Seymour Football Club
The Seymour Football Netball Club, nicknamed the ''Lions'', is 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 Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ... and netball club based in the historic railway township of Seymour, Victoria. History Seymour first competed in the North East Football Association (NEFA) in 1891, then played in four consecutive grand finals, winning two in 1899 and 1902, then again in 1904, 1910 and 1912. In 1913 with only Avenel, Euroa and Seymour teams left in the NEFA, a meeting was held and the Waranga North East Football Association was formed on - Tuesday, 13 May 1913 from the following teams: Avenel, Euroa, Murchieson, Nagambie, Rushworth and Seymour. Seymour FC teams have competed in the Goulburn Valley League continuously since 1976. Seymour won the GVFL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ken Fraser
Ken Fraser (born 17 February 1940) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the (then) Victorian Football League (VFL). Originally recruited from the Essendon Baptists St John's club (which later merged with Ascot Vale Presbyterians to become the Tullamarine Football Club) in the Essendon District Football League, Fraser mainly played at centre half-forward. He won the Essendon Football Club's Best First-Year Player award in 1958 and went on to play in two premiership teams, with his second premiership as captain. He also won two club best-and-fairest awards and represented Victoria on many occasions. In 2001, Fraser was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame. In 2002, he was ranked 7th in the Champions of Essendon list. In addition to his football career, Fraser also served as Principal of Templestowe Secondary College in Lower Templestowe, Victoria, Australia, for many years. His son, Mark Mark may refer to: In the Bible * Mark the Evangelist ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Avenel, Victoria
Avenel is a town in the Shire of Strathbogie, Victoria, Australia. At the , Avenel had a population of 1,112, up from 1048 at the , 728 at the and 552 at the . History The Post Office opened on 2 June 1858. It is frequently stated as having been named for a village in Gloucestershire by Henry Kent Hughes. The name "Avenel" also appears in Sir Walter Scott's '' Tales from Benedictine Sources'': ''The Monastery'' (1820) and '' The Abbot'' (1820) as the name of a castle and family, that own it. Hughes settled there in 1838, laid out the future town, and named the Hughes Creek, which flows through it. The Avenel Court of Petty Sessions closed on 25 March 1969, with the former courthouse subsequently being used by local community groups. Avenel was the hometown of Ned Kelly in his younger years, where he saved a boy from drowning in the local Hughes Creek. His brother and father are buried in the Avenel cemetery. Kelly and his family went to school in Avenel. The Hume High ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
