Paddy Guinane's 49 games for Caulfield include the 1973 GF
Vale Bill Welsh and Don Howell
The Collingwood Football Club would like to pay tribute to two former players of the 1950s who have passed away recently
Vale Bill Welsh and Don Howell
The Collingwood Football Club would like to pay tribute to two former players of the 1950s who have passed away recently
Bill Welsh, who played eight games for us in 1950, was our oldest living past player, but he died on Tuesday, aged 95.
Bill, a key forward in the country and primarily a half-forward flanker at VFL level, played eight games and kicked eight goals for us in his debut season before turning his back on Melbourne to return to his home town of Yinnar, near Morwell.
Bill's son, Peter, would go on to enjoy a fine career with Hawthorn and Richmond.
Don Howell, meanwhile, was another country product. He came from Portland and joined St Kilda in 1953 as a promising centreman. He crossed to Victoria Park after three years and 29 games with the Saints, and played 17 games for us across two seasons, including nine in our Premiership season in 1958, playing mostly as a wingman/forward.
Don HOWELL
Ginger-haired half-forward and winger from Portland who came to the Pies in 1956 after managing 29 games in three seasons at St Kilda.He had been regarded as a promising centreman when he first came to the Saints, having played for Portland as a 16-year-old, but most of his senior VFL football...
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Pat Dalton Perth FC
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PAT DALTON - CHAMPION CENTREMAN
By Peter Kennedy Pat Dalton, who died on January 8 aged 77, held down the key centre position in Perth's premiership sides in 1966-67-68 - the most successful era in the club's hIstory. He capped off a brilliant career by winning the Sandover Medal in 1970. Pat was one of three brothers to make...
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John "no not that one" Curtin, 2 games for St Kilda in 1947, appears to have died.
A facebook message lead me to a death notice which led me to search the cemetery site and there is one entry that matches the DOB.
Nothing on the St Kilda website.
Oliver Gigacz
A facebook message lead me to a death notice which led me to search the cemetery site and there is one entry that matches the DOB.
| CURTIN | John | 08/11/1924 | 28/10/2019 | Fawkner Memorial Park | Cremation | 01/11/2019 |
Nothing on the St Kilda website.
Oliver Gigacz
Thanks for that, AF has been updated...
Australian Football - John Curtin - Player Bio
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I know that we often find out about deaths weeks, months or years later, but there are currently no known deaths of ex-VFL/AFL footballers since 13 December. Longest drought on record. Hope there isn't a flood coming. Pat Dalton (Perth) the only ex-footballer with a Wikipedia article to have died this year.
Thanks, AF has been updated with the Season Guide obits.
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Thanks for that... 23 of the 66 weren't previously recorded on Wikipedia. John Curtin was not on their list.
Would be nice if they also added a list of "previous years obits" about people who died in previous years but were only found last year.
Paddy also played a couple of seasons 1969 - 70 at Dandenong VFA club
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John Schneebichler 61 South Adelaide 234 Glenelg 25 South Australia 5 games
Played in 2 losing GFs - 1 for South in 1979 and 1 for Glenelg in 1988
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Played in 2 losing GFs - 1 for South in 1979 and 1 for Glenelg in 1988
AF already on the case
The poor bugger! It's already been updated on his Wiki page as well, but if someone can fix this it would be good:
It certainly wasn't 1961 when he captained the side, but this article says:
Honour Board | South Adelaide Football Club
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I like the new look, BTW GC!
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Credit to this thread for honoring fallen players that are non AFL.
Historically they contributed to our indigenous game and a chance to remember past players or learn about them.
Historically they contributed to our indigenous game and a chance to remember past players or learn about them.
It does Rhett, but did you somehow miss the post directly above yours?!
I somehow missed that. Keep calm and carry on.
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Gentleman Jack Jones has died at 95 years old.
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Tom McNeil (8 games St Kilda 51-52) has died.
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In 1955, former St Kilda player Thomas McNeil attempted to form a union of players of the Victorian Football League and the Victorian Football Association. The union was called the Australian Football…
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