VFL/AFL players who died young

[BigRex]

I'm doing some research into VFL/AFL players who died young.

I didn't feature several players from pre 1940 when, sometimes players even died during their playing career, or not long after.

Please share your stories and memories.

 

[Gavin Excell]

Not sure what age cut off is but Paul Couch dying at age 51 was sad

 

[Mofra]

Ronnie James, aged 19. Sadly died in a waterskiing accident.

Would have been a superstar. Followed the old school pathway of VFA - VFL.

Ron James (footballer, born 1970) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Butters and Pepper]

In SANFL, there is Scott Field

Scott Field

Scott Field is a former footballer for the Sturt Football Club from 1987 to 1992. Field won the P.T Morton Medal in 1992 before leaving the club to continue with university studies. Field died while hiking in Europe in 2014. Field attended Pulteney Grammar and achieved high scores. Field wanted...

australian-rules-football.fandom.com

David Kantilla, from NT and played in SANFL https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kantilla

Mark Naley was only 59, don't think I saw him on the list, but he may not have fit age criteria.

Brendon Howard was a Sturt player, he died in car accident at age 48.

 

[voorhees]

geez, thats a rather sad list to read through
terrible to see far to many suicide cases

 

[sherb]

Maurie Sankey was a Tassie boy, who had become Carlton's v-c and had played his 100th game by the time of his passing at the age of 25.

Here's an article I found about him.

Old mates remember Sankey

Today, some 50 years after his tragic death, former Carlton ruckman Maurie Sankey's loss is still deeply felt.

www.carltonfc.com.au

 

[Gough]

Wow, I didn't know Brendon Howard died.

 

[emuboy]

Ronnie James, aged 19. Sadly died in a waterskiing accident.

Would have been a superstar. Followed the old school pathway of VFA - VFL.

Ron James (footballer, born 1970) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

IIRC Ron James at age 19 is the youngest AFL/VFL player to die, unless there were any younger players killed in action in the First or Second World Wars?

Jamie Tape, who died at age 29 in 2003 is one of the bizarre ones - having cancer then going into remission only to several months later have a cardiac episode while driving and die in the ensuing car crash - his time really did seem to be up.

Another eerie case is that of former Dockers and Giants player Cam McCarthy, who died last year. McCarthy's date of birth is 01-Apr-1995 - the same day the Fremantle Dockers made their debut against Richmond at the MCG - and the last Dockers match ever played in his lifetime before he died in May 2024 was Richmond vs Fremantle at the MCG.

There's an odd run with SANFL too, tragedies affecting teams that have broken long premiership droughts. In 1993, two of the Woodville-West Torrens Eagles premiership players - the first for the merged team and the first since West Torrens were premiers in 1953 - were Jamie Tape and Laurence Schache, and both had died within a decade. Central Districts Bulldogs finally broke through for their first premiership in 2000 and their captain was Daniel Hulm, who took a year off in 2001 to live and work in England, a trip he never returned from as he was hit and killed by a train in London in May of that year. Sturt celebrated the end of a premiership drought of 26 years in 2002, but tragically player Josh Deegan and former player and long-term trainer and committee member for the Double Blues Bob Marshall died in the Bali Bombings in October 2002. Port Adelaide won their first AFL premiership in 2004 but two of the assistant coaches - Phil Walsh and Dean Bailey - are no longer with us, while senior coach Mark Williams fought a long battle with cancer. In 2015 Mark Mickan coached the enigmatic West Adelaide to something of a fluke premiership over the Eagles but has since battled Parkinson's Disease.

 

[Franc de Borges]

‘Health issues’ seems a bit obvious, doesn’t it?

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Ronnie James, aged 19. Sadly died in a waterskiing accident.

Would have been a superstar. Followed the old school pathway of VFA - VFL.

Ron James (footballer, born 1970) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

The VFA GF appearance is one of the most incredible stories in football history, and not that well known.

 

[Thuggee_Cult]

Ronnie James, aged 19. Sadly died in a waterskiing accident.

Would have been a superstar. Followed the old school pathway of VFA - VFL.

Ron James (footballer, born 1970) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Still remember watching him play a VFA Grand Final - against Coburg too - at 14/15 years of age

 

[Thuggee_Cult]

Darren Millane was the first person who came to mind when I saw this thread

 

[BigRex]

Leigh McCartney, who was South Melbourne's captain and best player for season 1976, died on 10 August 1976 aged 18. He was just voted BOG in a match vs Melbourne and had an accident. He never regained consciousness and died. He played in the same South Under 19s team in 1976 with Terry Daniher. South legend John Heriot was the coach that year and said he would've played in the reserves and seniors in 1977.

Edgar Gunn, Geelong reserves and Under 19s player in 1979, died in a car accident in Parkville on the morning after watching the 1979 Grand Final with mates. Gunn played a few reserves games in 1979 and was a standout in 1979 in the Under 19s. He had just played in Geelong's 1979 Preliminary match vs Fitzroy the week earlier. He was 18.

IIRC Ron James at age 19 is the youngest AFL/VFL player to die, unless there were any younger players killed in action in the First or Second World Wars?

Jamie Tape, who died at age 29 in 2003 is one of the bizarre ones - having cancer then going into remission only to several months later have a cardiac episode while driving and die in the ensuing car crash - his time really did seem to be up.

Another eerie case is that of former Dockers and Giants player Cam McCarthy, who died last year. McCarthy's date of birth is 01-Apr-1995 - the same day the Fremantle Dockers made their debut against Richmond at the MCG - and the last Dockers match ever played in his lifetime before he died in May 2024 was Richmond vs Fremantle at the MCG.

There's an odd run with SANFL too, tragedies affecting teams that have broken long premiership droughts. In 1993, two of the Woodville-West Torrens Eagles premiership players - the first for the merged team and the first since West Torrens were premiers in 1953 - were Jamie Tape and Laurence Schache, and both had died within a decade. Central Districts Bulldogs finally broke through for their first premiership in 2000 and their captain was Daniel Hulm, who took a year off in 2001 to live and work in England, a trip he never returned from as he was hit and killed by a train in London in May of that year. Sturt celebrated the end of a premiership drought of 26 years in 2002, but tragically player Josh Deegan and former player and long-term trainer and committee member for the Double Blues Bob Marshall died in the Bali Bombings in October 2002. Port Adelaide won their first AFL premiership in 2004 but two of the assistant coaches - Phil Walsh and Dean Bailey - are no longer with us, while senior coach Mark Williams fought a long battle with cancer. In 2015 Mark Mickan coached the enigmatic West Adelaide to something of a fluke premiership over the Eagles but has since battled Parkinson's Disease.

"IIRC Ron James at age 19 is the youngest AFL/VFL player to die, unless there were any younger players killed in action in the First or Second World Wars?"

I think Ron James at 19, would be the youngest senior VFL/AFL player to die.

IIRC Ron James at age 19 is the youngest AFL/VFL player to die, unless there were any younger players killed in action in the First or Second World Wars?

Jamie Tape, who died at age 29 in 2003 is one of the bizarre ones - having cancer then going into remission only to several months later have a cardiac episode while driving and die in the ensuing car crash - his time really did seem to be up.

Another eerie case is that of former Dockers and Giants player Cam McCarthy, who died last year. McCarthy's date of birth is 01-Apr-1995 - the same day the Fremantle Dockers made their debut against Richmond at the MCG - and the last Dockers match ever played in his lifetime before he died in May 2024 was Richmond vs Fremantle at the MCG.

There's an odd run with SANFL too, tragedies affecting teams that have broken long premiership droughts. In 1993, two of the Woodville-West Torrens Eagles premiership players - the first for the merged team and the first since West Torrens were premiers in 1953 - were Jamie Tape and Laurence Schache, and both had died within a decade. Central Districts Bulldogs finally broke through for their first premiership in 2000 and their captain was Daniel Hulm, who took a year off in 2001 to live and work in England, a trip he never returned from as he was hit and killed by a train in London in May of that year. Sturt celebrated the end of a premiership drought of 26 years in 2002, but tragically player Josh Deegan and former player and long-term trainer and committee member for the Double Blues Bob Marshall died in the Bali Bombings in October 2002. Port Adelaide won their first AFL premiership in 2004 but two of the assistant coaches - Phil Walsh and Dean Bailey - are no longer with us, while senior coach Mark Williams fought a long battle with cancer. In 2015 Mark Mickan coached the enigmatic West Adelaide to something of a fluke premiership over the Eagles but has since battled Parkinson's Disease.

I think Ron James, at 19 was the youngest VFL/AFL player to die. I didn't check every former VFL player who died during wars but there could be a couple that died aged 19 (or younger).

Leigh McCartney, who was South Melbourne's captain and best player for season 1976, died on 10 August 1976 aged 18. He was just voted BOG in a match vs Melbourne and had an accident. He never regained consciousness and died. He played in the same South Under 19s team in 1976 with Terry Daniher. South legend John Heriot was the coach that year and said he would've played in the reserves and seniors in 1977.

Edgar Gunn, Geelong reserves and Under 19s player in 1979, died in a car accident in Parkville the morning after watching the 1979 Grand Final with mates. Gunn played a few reserves games in 1979 and was a standout in 1979 in the Under 19s. He had just played in Geelong's 1979 Preliminary match vs Fitzroy the week earlier. He was 18.

 

[CURVE]

Syd Barker Snr, ruckman for the 'Invincible' North Melbourne team of the 1910's died when he was only 42. He was a fireman by profession and died while at work, but it's unclear how he passed.

Former Hollywood superstar and North Melbourne player James "Jim" Stewart (the first part may not be true ) died from appendicitis aged 24.

 

[Gough]

Jim Thiel who played in those good early 80s Norwood teams died in a work accident not long after he retired.

 

[Franc de Borges]

The VFA GF appearance is one of the most incredible stories in football history, and not that well known.

It’s still not well known after this. Go on.

 

[sherb]

It’s still not well known after this. Go on.

You've only got to click on the Wiki link quoted, the first paragraph explains it.

James started his senior career at the age of just 14, when Williamstown coach Terry Wheeler picked him for the 1985 VFA Grand Final, despite having spent the entire season in the Under-19s. The club lost the match by six points but James was a member of their 1986 premiership team.

 

[emuboy]

Some of these are really strange causes of death. Like Denis Strauch from Carlton and Port Melbourne who died from tetanus, which one might think would be unusual by 1965. And WTF with Collingwood's Graeme Reichman, who died in a murder-suicide in 2001?

 

[kane249]

Former Eagles rookie Michael Mascoulis died in a car accident at age 20

His mums dog died and he wanted to get another one that was of the same breed. He was on his way to NSW to get a pup for his mum when the accident occurred

 

[Bunk Moreland]

It’s still not well known after this. Go on.

He was playing VFA Under 19s at age 14. Absolutely remarkable in itself.

Coach Terry Wheeler picked him to play in the SENIOR grand final, where he made his debut. 14 years old, in a senior state league GF. Unbelievable.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

It's a long list but I think it's worth posting.

155 VFL players were killed on military service (the number is slightly contested given you have men dying from wounds etc some time after serving, and the cause of death may not be completely clear).

Many are older than you would imagine footballers to be - they may have retired from football or left the VFL for other leagues before serving in the military.

Given the topic of the thread i've listed them in order of age.

The youngest is Bill Landy, who played two games for Geelong before being killed in France in 1916. He was 19yo.

Player	Club	Games	Date of death	Place of death	Age
Bill Landy	Geel	2​	19-Jul-1916​	Fromelles, France	19​
Les Rogers	Ess	3​	04-Aug-1916​	France	20​
Gordon Hamilton	SM	2​	23-Feb-1941​	Victoria	20​
Noel Ellis	Melb	3​	06-Jul-1942​	Queensland	20​
Ted McLean	Geel	2​	29-May-1915​	Gallipoli, Turkey	21​
Norman Bradford	SM	7​	04-Aug-1916​	Pozières, France	21​
Harold Ball	Melb	33​	09-Feb-1942​	Singapore	21​
Alex Nash	Haw	1​	28-Mar-1944​	off Bougainville Island, New Guinea	21​
Norm Oliver	Coll	13​	27-Jun-1944​	Madang, New Guinea	21​
Claude Crowl	SK	3​	25-Apr-1915​	Gallipoli, Turkey	22​
Lou Holmes	SK	1​	23-Jun-1915​	Gallipoli, Turkey	22​
Frank Lugton	Melb	36​	29-Jul-1916​	Villers-Bretonneux, France	22​
Les Lee	Rich	2​	08-Jun-1917​	Messines, Belgium	22​
Jimmy Gordon	Ess	8​	30-Sep-1918​	France	22​
George Brock	NM	4​	02-Aug-1941​	Victoria	22​
Charlie Fincher	SM	9​	25-Apr-1915​	Gallipoli, Turkey	23​
Fen McDonald	Carl, Melb	11​	25-Apr-1915​	Gallipoli, Turkey	23​
Arthur Jones	Fitz	7​	07-Aug-1915​	Gallipoli, Turkey	23​
Dick Gibbs	Uni	35​	19-Jul-1916​	Fleurbaix, France	23​
Alf Williamson	Carl, Melb	19​	11-Apr-1917​	Bullecourt, France	23​
Godfrey Goldin	Ess	8​	07-Feb-1943​	New Guinea	23​
Wilf Atkinson	Carl	1​	12-Aug-1943​	over Sicily	23​
Jack Keddie	Ess	1​	15-Aug-1945​	Wewak, New Guinea	23​
Alan Cordner	Geel, Coll	23​	25-Apr-1915​	Gallipoli, Turkey	24​
Arthur Hinman	Uni	24​	10-May-1915​	Gallipoli, Turkey	24​
Thornton Clarke	Fitz	4​	19-Jul-1916​	Fromelles, France	24​
Jack Walker	SK	4​	27-Jul-1916​	Pozières, France	24​
Harold Parker	SK	3​	30-Jan-1917​	France	24​
Percy Rodriguez	Uni, Melb	22​	20-Mar-1917​	The Somme, France	24​
Artie Harrison	Rich, Fitz	20​	03-May-1917​	Bullecourt, France	24​
Billy Harvey	Ess	9​	14-Sep-1917​	Belgium	24​
Fred McIntosh	Uni, Ess	39​	28-Sep-1917​	Polygon Wood, Belgium	24​
Stan Neale	Uni	28​	29-Sep-1918​	Bellicourt, France	24​
Alf Hedge	SM	16​	04-May-1942​	over Hamburg, Germany	24​
Mo Shapir	NM	2​	15-Aug-1942​	Middle East	24​
Bill Cosgrove	Rich	3​	11-Aug-1943​	off Goodenough Island Milne Bay	24​
Dick Pirrie	Haw	3​	06-Jun-1944​	Normandy, France	24​
Bill Hudson	SK	5​	11-Apr-1945​	New Guinea	24​
Charlie Moore	Ess	30​	12-May-1901​	Kwaggashoek Farm, South Africa	25​
Jack Wood	Ess	2​	20-Oct-1914​	Melbourne	25​
Rupert Balfe	Uni	7​	25-Apr-1915​	Gallipoli, Turkey	25​
Stan McKenzie	Carl	14​	08-Dec-1915​	Egypt	25​
George Challis	Carl	70​	15-Jul-1916​	Armentières, France	25​
Jack Freeman	SM	22​	15-Nov-1916​	Rouen, France	25​
Malcolm Kennedy	Melb	17​	02-Jan-1918​	Belgium	25​
Bill Rogers	Carl	3​	22-Sep-1918​	Rouen, France	25​
Jack Atkins	Melb	4​	01-Mar-1942​	Sunda Strait, off Java	25​
Jim Knight	Geel, Carl	43​	11-Oct-1943​	Goodenough Island, Milne Bay	25​
Bob Flegg	SK	18​	07-Jul-1944​	over Feuersbrunn, Austria	25​
Gower Ross	SK	8​	14-Feb-1917​	Gueudecourt, France	26​
Jim Nicholas	Uni	1​	20-Sep-1917​	Belgium	26​
Dave Cumming	Uni	21​	03-May-1918​	Villers-Bretonneux, France	26​
Cyril Seelenmeyer	Uni	6​	08-Aug-1918​	Fouilloy, Somme, France	26​
Harry Collins	Fitz	6​	10-Aug-1918​	Villers-Bretonneux, France	26​
Cliff Burge	Melb	5​	14-Aug-1918​	Villers-Bretonneux, France	26​
Gus Young	Haw	10​	29-May-1941​	at sea (Middle East)	26​
Keith Truscott	Melb	50​	28-Mar-1943​	Western Australia	26​
Syd Anderson	Melb	53​	20-May-1944​	Wewak, New Guinea	26​
Jack Lynch	Geel	25​	08-Sep-1944​	Far North Queensland	26​
Jeff Grieve	SM	11​	08-Nov-1944​	Glen Shee, Scotland	26​
Sid O'Neill	Fitz	1​	07-Aug-1915​	Gallipoli, Turkey	27​
Hugh Plowman	SK	26​	19-Jul-1916​	Fromelles, France	27​
Bill Nolan	Rich	30​	23-Jul-1916​	Fleurbaix, France	27​
Paddy Rowan	Coll	82​	05-Dec-1916​	Western Front, France	27​
Bruce Sloss	Ess, SM	84​	04-Jan-1917​	Armentières, France	27​
Jim Mackie	Melb	5​	20-Mar-1917​	Bapaume, France	27​
Stan Martin	Uni	65​	03-May-1917​	Bullecourt, France	27​
Tom McCluskey	Carl, Fitz	9​	04-Oct-1917​	Passchendaele, Belgium	27​
Les James	Geel	72​	22-Oct-1917​	Passchendaele, Belgium	27​
Ron Larking	Uni	1​	01-Apr-1918​	Neuve-Église, Belgium	27​
Claude Thomas	SM	13​	05-Jul-1918​	Hamel, France	27​
Sam Campbell	Coll	1​	21-Oct-1918​	Sierra Leone	27​
Ron Barassi Sr	Melb	58​	31-Jul-1941​	Tobruk, Libya	27​
Stan Reid	Fitz	24​	29-Jun-1901​	Middel-Kraal, South Africa	28​
Alex Robertson	Uni	10​	06-Aug-1915​	Gallipoli, Turkey	28​
Alick Ogilvie	Melb, Uni	28​	18-Aug-1915​	Malta	28​
Joe Slater	Geel	108​	03-May-1917​	Bullecourt, France	28​
Jack Cooper	Fitz	136​	20-Sep-1917​	Polygon Wood, Belgium	28​
Otto Lowenstern	SK	12​	01-Dec-1917​	France	28​
Leslie Primrose	Uni	16​	04-Jun-1918​	The Somme, France	28​
Fred Fielding	SM, Coll	18​	08-Aug-1918​	Villers-Bretonneux, France	28​
Jack Doubleday	Uni, Melb	53​	30-Oct-1918​	Died at sea, Indian Ocean	28​
Fred Heintz	Fitz	14​	20-Feb-1942​	Dutch East Indies	28​
Ted Regan	Melb, Ess	11​	09-Jul-1943​	over Burma	28​
Beres Reilly	SK, NM, Melb	13​	23-Jul-1943​	over Crete	28​
Wallace Mills	SK	1​	24-Nov-1943​	Far North Queensland	28​
Alan Pearsall	SM	2​	08-Mar-1944​	over English Channel	28​
Arthur Caldwell	SK	8​	26-Jul-1915​	Valletta, Malta	29​
Gerald Ryan	Ess	18​	06-Feb-1917​	Tidworth, England	29​
Dave Gillespie	Carl	5​	27-Mar-1917​	Melbourne	29​
Hector Mitchell	SK	1​	16-Jun-1917​	Singapore	29​
Max Wheeler	Haw	1​	11-Jun-1941​	Syria	29​
Gordon Sawley	SM	7​	14-Aug-1942​	over Scotland	29​
Clyde Helmer	Geel, Melb	73​	24-Apr-1945​	New Guinea	29​
Harold Zucker	Haw	3​	07-Jun-1947​	South Australia	29​
Joe Pearce	Melb	152​	25-Apr-1915​	Gallipoli, Turkey	30​
Lewis Blackmore	Ess	7​	23-Jul-1916​	Pozières, France	30​
Mal Williams	Uni	7​	02-May-1917​	The Somme, France	30​
Dick Clough	Ess	2​	02-Jun-1915​	Gallipoli, Turkey	31​
Joe Crowl	Geel	3​	27-Jun-1915​	Gallipoli, Turkey	31​
Chris Fogarty	Ess, Uni	28​	29-Nov-1915​	Gallipoli, Turkey	31​
Jack Turnbull	SM	12​	02-May-1917​	Western Front, France	31​
John Bell	Geel	18​	27-Dec-1917​	Western Front, France	31​
Paul Bell	SK	15​	04-Jul-1945​	Borneo	31​
Ed Harrison	SM	7​	13-Mar-1917​	Étaples, France	32​
Tommy Worle	Coll	3​	31-Jul-1917​	Armentières, France	32​
George Elliott	Fitz, Uni	80​	25-Sep-1917​	Ypres, France	32​
Bert O'Connell	SK	2​	17-Oct-1917​	Belgium	32​
Jim Park	Carl	128​	09-Feb-1943​	Wau, New Guinea	32​
Herb Hunter	Ess	3​	08-May-1915​	Gallipoli, Turkey	33​
James Aitken	Geel	1​	08-Aug-1915​	Gallipoli, Turkey	33​
Charles Langtree	Coll	1​	03-Aug-1916​	Corbie, France	33​
Jim Bonella	Melb	1​	24-May-1918​	France	33​
Jack Wade	SM	26​	11-Jun-1941​	Syria	33​
Len Johnson	Ess, NM	69​	24-Jan-1942​	Singapore	33​
Percy Roberts	Fitz	18​	03-Aug-1943​	Burma	33​
Bill Garvie	Rich	9​	27-Jun-1944​	Far North Queensland	33​
Tom Wright	Coll	12​	12-Dec-1916​	France	34​
Ralph Robertson	SK	14​	11-May-1917​	Aboukir, Egypt	34​
Bill Fischer	Melb	1​	15-Oct-1917​	Belgium	34​
Ralph Lancaster	Geel	44​	28-Aug-1942​	New Guinea	34​
Bill Downie	Foots, SK	69​	11-Sep-1943​	Burma	34​
Archie Roberts	Ess, Melb	48​	06-Jun-1945​	Dutch East Indies	34​
Hughie Callan	Ess, SM	71​	05-Feb-1917​	Bapaume, France	35​
Bill Madden	SK	26​	03-May-1917​	France	35​
Bill Maxwell	Melb	2​	12-Oct-1917​	Passchendaele, Belgium	35​
Alf Giblett	Haw	9​	19-Jun-1943​	New Guinea	35​
Len Thomas	NM, Haw, SM	209​	17-Aug-1943​	Salamaua, New Guinea	35​
Bert Peters	NM	17​	13-Jun-1944​	over English Channel	35​
Arthur McKenzie	Geel	4​	18-Jul-1916​	Delville Wood, France	36​
Charlie Morley	Ess	3​	13-Apr-1919​	London, England	36​
Arch Corbett	Uni	7​	25-Jun-1920​	Lost at sea off Toulon, France	36​
Jack Shelton	SM, SK	2​	01-May-1941​	Libya	36​
Stuart King	SK	43​	28-Feb-1943​	off Cairns, Far North Queensland	36​
Henry Thomson	Carl	1​	21-May-1943​	Burma	36​
Norm Le Brun	Carl, Coll, Ess, SM	50​	15-Nov-1944​	New Guinea	36​
Harry Comte	SK	104​	30-May-1945​	Tarakan, Dutch East Indies	36​
Leo Rankin	Melb	1​	10-May-1917​	Dorset, England	37​
Albert Gourlay	Carl, Melb	6​	15-Aug-1917​	England	37​
Jack Drake	Haw	3​	23-Apr-1941​	Greece	37​
Alf Goonan	NM	7​	22-Jan-1942​	Malaya	37​
Jim Pender	Carl	15​	02-Jul-1916​	Bois-Grenier, France	38​
Bobby Royle	Melb	3​	03-Nov-1916​	France	38​
Harry Daniel	Carl	11​	10-Aug-1918​	France	39​
Barney Wood	Melb	5​	09-Jun-1941​	Litani River, Syria	39​
Tommy Corrigan	Fitz	107​	09-Jan-1943​	Heidelberg Military Hospital	39​
Paddy McGuinness	SK	1​	06-May-1918​	France	40​
Jack Price	Haw	10​	27-Jun-1941​	Syria	40​
Tasman Roberts	SK, Fitz	58​	09-Apr-1942​	Rabaul	40​
Jim Farnan	SK	1​	09-Aug-1916​	France	41​
Harold Rippon	Melb, SM	9​	16-Jan-1917​	France	42​
Peter Martin	Coll	15​	25-Mar-1918​	Melbourne	42​
Derek Mollison	Melb	66​	19-Dec-1943​	Queensland	42​
Charlie Oliver	Carl	1​	29-Dec-1917​	Melbourne	43​
Ken MacLeod	Uni	54​	08-Apr-1940​	off Trondheim, Norway	49​