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Saintly Viewed said:
Interesting list.

For years I’ve sort of kept tabs on the most recent “year” premiership player to have died.

Darren Millane had that unfortunate distinction until Chris Mainwaring died. The 1994 flag team is the most recent to lose a member.

Whilst it’s a bit morbid, in horse racing the most recent Melbourne Cup winning trainer to die, is the late greatest of them all in Bart Cummings (2008 being his last win).
With jockeys it’s John Marshall (1999 on Rogan Josh).
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This made me think - how many of the last Melbourne and St. Kilda premiership teams in 1964 and 1966 are still alive?

At present, 14 of the 20 Melbourne 1964 premiership team are still alive. Neil Crompton, Robert 'Tassie' Johnson, Tony Anderson, Don Williams, Frank 'Bluey' Adams and Peter McLean have all passed away, along with coach Norm Smith. Don Williams was the first player to die in 1995, while Tony Anderson only died two weeks ago.

Of St Kilda's first (and to this day only) premiership side of 1966, 17 of 20 players are still alive. Three players - Rodger Head, Darrell Baldock and Travis Payze - have since died, along with coach Alan Jeans.
 
emuboy said:
This made me think - how many of the last Melbourne and St. Kilda premiership teams in 1964 and 1966 are still alive?

At present, 14 of the 20 Melbourne 1964 premiership team are still alive. Neil Crompton, Robert 'Tassie' Johnson, Tony Anderson, Don Williams, Frank 'Bluey' Adams and Peter McLean have all passed away, along with coach Norm Smith. Don Williams was the first player to die in 1995, while Tony Anderson only died two weeks ago.

Of St Kilda's first (and to this day only) premiership side of 1966, 17 of 20 players are still alive. Three players - Rodger Head, Darrell Baldock and Travis Payze - have since died, along with coach Alan Jeans.
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That’s a pretty good living rate all things considered.

may it long continue.
 
Doug Thomas 87 West Adelaide FC player and Administrator

One of the best

Vale Douglas W Thomas

(13th September 1932 – 20th April 2020)

  • Member of West Adelaide premiership team 1961
  • 5 games for South Australia
  • West Adelaide Coach 1963 – 1964
  • West Adelaide General Manager 1977 – 2006
  • SANFL Match and Permit Committee 1987 – 2006
  • SANFL League Director 1977, 1991 – 1993
  • Proxy League Director 1978 – 1990, 1994 – 2006
  • SANFL Umpires Board 1989 – 1993
  • SANFL State Selector / State of Origin Selector 1990 – 1995
  • West Adelaide Life Member
  • SANFL Player Life Member 1966
  • SANFL League Life Member 1997
  • Inaugural Member of the West Adelaide Hall of Fame 2005
  • Elevated to WAFC Hall of Fame Legend 2016
Doug played 215 games and kicked 110 goals for West Adelaide between 1951 and 1957 and from 1961 to 1965, spending the interim time as captain-coach of Wimmera Football League side Dimboola, whom he steered to a rare premiership success in 1959. He made his name as a dour, close-checking full back, but later put some of the knowledge gained to paradoxically good use as a full forward.
Doug captain-coached Westies in 1963 and 1964 and was skipper under Don Taylor’s coaching in 1965. He played five times for South Australia, kicking six goals. After his retirement as a player he embarked on a lifelong administrative and managerial career with the club.

 

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GreyCrow said:
Graeme Watson Cricketer for Australia and footballer for Melbourne 1964-65 . 18 games

8/3/1945 - 24/4/2020 75 yrs
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I think the Australian selectors were looking at taking him to South Africa, but it was claimed he was of “mixed blood”, so the Saffers didn’t want him playing.
 
GreyCrow said:
Doug Thomas 87 West Adelaide FC player and Administrator

One of the best

Vale Douglas W Thomas

(13th September 1932 – 20th April 2020)

  • Member of West Adelaide premiership team 1961
  • 5 games for South Australia
  • West Adelaide Coach 1963 – 1964
  • West Adelaide General Manager 1977 – 2006
  • SANFL Match and Permit Committee 1987 – 2006
  • SANFL League Director 1977, 1991 – 1993
  • Proxy League Director 1978 – 1990, 1994 – 2006
  • SANFL Umpires Board 1989 – 1993
  • SANFL State Selector / State of Origin Selector 1990 – 1995
  • West Adelaide Life Member
  • SANFL Player Life Member 1966
  • SANFL League Life Member 1997
  • Inaugural Member of the West Adelaide Hall of Fame 2005
  • Elevated to WAFC Hall of Fame Legend 2016
Doug played 215 games and kicked 110 goals for West Adelaide between 1951 and 1957 and from 1961 to 1965, spending the interim time as captain-coach of Wimmera Football League side Dimboola, whom he steered to a rare premiership success in 1959. He made his name as a dour, close-checking full back, but later put some of the knowledge gained to paradoxically good use as a full forward.
Doug captain-coached Westies in 1963 and 1964 and was skipper under Don Taylor’s coaching in 1965. He played five times for South Australia, kicking six goals. After his retirement as a player he embarked on a lifelong administrative and managerial career with the club.

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SA Hall of Fame 2008
 
WillAFLBulldog4 said:
Not a player but.
sanfl.com.au

Vale Rod Payze - 1942-2020

The SANFL and South Australian Football Commission are deeply saddened to announce the passing yesterday of former Chairman and League Life Member Rod Payze.
sanfl.com.au sanfl.com.au
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Played 84 games for West Torrens from 1960 - 1966( later Woodville-West Torrens )

Father of Andrew who also played with WWT and the Adelaide Crows (14 games 1991) he also tried out withEssendon then Richmond
 
WillAFLBulldog4 said:
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Vale Bob Hammond

Hammond made a remarkable six-decade contribution to the game
www.afc.com.au www.afc.com.au
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Played 260 games in the SANFL, 246 with North Adelaide and 14 with Norwood. Coach of Norwood from 1974-79, South Australia 1983 and Sydney 1984. Chairman of Adelaide 1991-2000. Named in North Adelaide Team of the Century in 2001 in the back pocket. SANFL Hall of Fame 2002 and AFL Hall of Fame 2015. Member of Order of Australia 2003.
 
WillAFLBulldog4 said:
Played 260 games in the SANFL, 246 with North Adelaide and 14 with Norwood. Coach of Norwood from 1974-79, South Australia 1983 and Sydney 1984. Chairman of Adelaide 1991-2000. Named in North Adelaide Team of the Century in 2001 in the back pocket. SANFL Hall of Fame 2002 and AFL Hall of Fame 2015. Member of Order of Australia 2003.
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Also an AFL Commissioner from 2001-11
 

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Next week, the AFL will host a very different to normal Hall of Fame week-long series of induction reveals, rather than the usual single event. Normally during this event, they have a memorial montage of those who have died during the past year. They normally also tend to omit some significant people.

So whilst I don't know if they will still do the memorial segment this year, this is a list of notable people who've died this year. Have I missed any?
This is my main data source. My criteria for inclusion is over 100 games, recent player, premiership player or very notable in other leagues or administration. Note that because it uses an "Australian rules football player" as the search tool, it may miss umpires, coaches, administrators etc, and because it uses Wikipedia, it is likely to miss some non V/AFL players.

Name
DOB​
DOD​
Bob Henderson
27/01/1934​
8/06/2019​
Alf Hughes
25/06/1930​
18/06/2019​
Kevin Higgins
20/02/1951​
5/07/2019​
John Waddington
24/05/1938​
6/07/2019​
John Scarlett
29/05/1947​
31/07/2019​
Russell Middlemiss
6/07/1929​
5/08/2019​
Frank 'Bluey' Adams
12/06/1935​
11/08/2019​
Graham Farmer
10/03/1935​
14/08/2019​
Colin Beard
12/12/1941​
20/08/2019​
Danny Frawley
8/09/1963​
9/09/2019​
Peter Lucas
23/11/1929​
16/09/2019​
Robert Oatey
16/08/1942​
17/09/2019​
Paddy Guinane
31/01/1939​
8/12/2019​
Graham Cooper
24/04/1938​
11/12/2019​
Pat Dalton
12/06/1942​
8/01/2020​
Bill Young
6/06/1931​
4/03/2020​
John Schneebichler
23/07/1958​
9/03/2020​
Sanford Wheeler
6/04/1970​
10/03/2020​
Jack Jones
7/11/1924​
24/03/2020​
John Hyde
11/04/1930​
26/03/2020​
Tony Anderson
31/01/1942​
1/04/2020​
Quenton Leach
20/08/1972​
6/04/2020​
Michael Bowden
21/03/1947​
11/04/2020​
Doug Thomas
13/09/1932​
20/04/2020​
Bob Hammond
16/02/1942​
30/05/2020​

Others who died, but played less than 70 V/AFL games, and not much (that I know - happy to learn more) outside of the V/AFL include (in decreasing order of V/AFL games played):
Kevin Hogan, Tom Allsop, Brian Falconer, Peter Hamilton, Don Howell, Stan Smith, Bruce Murray, Terry Board, Doug Cox, Fred Wain, Tony Bull, John Williams, Tony Thiessen, Graeme Watson, Mack Atkins, Robert Hickman, Ray Brain, Rod Payne, Roger Hoggett, Jack Lawrence, Bill Welsh, Tom McNeil, John Wilson, Bruce Gonsalves, John D'Arcy, Roy Eliason, Ralph Edwards, Alan McAsey, Don Benson, Ian Drohan, Jim Cusack, John Curtin, Bob Wright, Dave Meehan & Irwin Lewis
 
Not so recent, but I was having a read through the All-Australian team page on Wikipedia and checking out which of the players were still redlinked. The very few that were were representatives in Sporting Life's 'Team of the Year' from the late '40s and early '50s. Lyle Griffin (incorrectly spelt as Lyall Griffin, which I've since corrected) had two honours, was a Magarey Medal runner-up, 11-time state rep, yet no Wiki page. That's beside the point, but looking at his Australian Football page, there is no date of death. Unfortunately he has since passed away – I saw this tribute – but I don't have an exact date for the page. Anyone got any answers? Cheers.
 
Gibbsy said:
Not so recent, but I was having a read through the All-Australian team page on Wikipedia and checking out which of the players were still redlinked. The very few that were were representatives in Sporting Life's 'Team of the Year' from the late '40s and early '50s. Lyle Griffin (incorrectly spelt as Lyall Griffin, which I've since corrected) had two honours, was a Magarey Medal runner-up, 11-time state rep, yet no Wiki page. That's beside the point, but looking at his Australian Football page, there is no date of death. Unfortunately he has since passed away – I saw this tribute – but I don't have an exact date for the page. Anyone got any answers? Cheers.
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14 Nov 2017.

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Vale Alexander Aurrichio

VALE ALEXANDER AURRICHIO The South Adelaide Football Club is devastated to learn of the passing of former player, Alexander Aurrichio, following a bicycle accident in Darwin. Alexander Aurrichio, or Rooch played eight games for the Panthers from 2017-2018, but he leaves an impact far greater...
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Terry Morrissey who played 5 games for Richmond in 1964 died last week
(awaiting official date).
tributes.standard.net.au

View Terry Morrissey's Notice on standard.net.au and share memories

MORRISSEY Terry Dearly loved brother and brother-in-law of Marie and Danny Madden Uncle of Peter and Leanne, Jacinta (dec'd), Shane and Donna, Chri
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Update: Died 29 May 2020
 
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