John Hayes (born 6 August 1939) 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 Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...
er who played with
Fitzroy in the
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...
(VFL).
Football
Fitzroy (VFL)
A defender, Hayes came to Fitzroy from Warracknabeal. Hayes captained Fitzroy for most of the
1966 VFL season
The 1966 VFL season was the 70th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 23 April until 24 September, and comprised an ...
, replacing
Ralph Rogerson, who retired five rounds into the year.
On 6 July 1963, playing as first rover, he was a member of the young and inexperienced Fitzroy team that comprehensively and unexpectedly defeated
Geelong, 9.13 (67) to 3.13 (31) in the
1963 Miracle Match
The "Miracle Match" is the unofficial title given to the Round 10, 1963 Victorian Football League (VFL) home-and-away match played between Fitzroy and Geelong at Brunswick Street Oval in North Fitzroy on 6 July 1963. The game is most notabl ...
.
Yarrawonga
He then moved to
Yarrawonga
Yarrawonga is a town in the Shire of Moira Local government in Australia, local government area in the Australian state of Victoria (Australia), Victoria. In the 2021 Australian census, 2021 census, Yarrawonga had a population of 8,661 people. ...
, a club which he would captain-coach.
['']The Age
''The Age'' is a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that has been published since 1854. Owned and published by Nine Entertainment, ''The Age'' primarily serves Victoria (Australia), Victoria, but copies also sell in Tasmania, the Austral ...
''
"Top rovers injured, so Wodonga in trouble"
16 May 1969, p. 13
See also
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1963 Miracle Match
The "Miracle Match" is the unofficial title given to the Round 10, 1963 Victorian Football League (VFL) home-and-away match played between Fitzroy and Geelong at Brunswick Street Oval in North Fitzroy on 6 July 1963. The game is most notabl ...
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1939 births
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Fitzroy Football Club players
Yarrawonga Football Club players
Warracknabeal Football Club players
Living people
20th-century Australian sportsmen
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