Ron Clegg
Ron Clegg | |||
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Personal information | |||
Date of birth | 17 November 1927 | ||
Date of death | 23 August 1990 62) | (aged||
Original team(s) | Melbourne Boys League | ||
Height / weight | 183 cm / 84 kg | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1945–1960 | South Melbourne | 231 (156) | |
Coaching career | |||
Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
1958–1959 | South Melbourne | 36 (15–21–0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1960. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Ron "Smokey" Clegg (17 November 1927 – 23 August 1990) was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League.
A brilliant key position player at either centre half-forward or centre half-back, he was awarded the Brownlow Medal in 1949 while playing with the then South Melbourne Football Club. He won the club's Best and Fairest award three times.
In 1996 Clegg was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
References
- Ross, John (1999). The Australian Football Hall of Fame. Australia: HarperCollinsPublishers. p. 50. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X.
- AFL Hall of Fame
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