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Phil O’Brien died sometime before August 15 aged 89. He played 86 games for Hawthorn between 1951 and 1958, kicking 71 goals.
 

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Gordon Yea played 100 games for Brunswick

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G. Yea plays 100th game - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) - 1 Aug 1955

Gordon Yea, Brunswick half-forward, was presented with a teaset during the half-time interval of the ...
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09 Apr 1947 - "BUNTON OF THE BUSH" AT ESSENDON - Trove

Essendon hope that the good reports concerning Gordon Yea, of Mitta Mitta, are borne out when he attends tomorrow. He has been ...
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Mirror (Perth) August 1947

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ESSENDON MATCH - STRONG TEAM ARRIVES W.A. Side Not Yet Selected - The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954) - 8 Aug 1947

Essendon, second on the Victorian Football League's premiership table and regarded by the officials accompanying the side to Perth as the 1947 ...
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ESSENDON WIN AGAIN - W.A. Beaten by 17 Points DISHEARTENING WEAKNESS IN FORWARDS - Kalgoorlie Miner (WA : 1895 - 1954) - 13 Aug 1947

Perth, Aug. 12.—If the West Australian public had any doubts about Essendon's ability as a football team they were dispelled ...
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My Place: Fridays at Windy Hill are a balm for the soul

It's the oasis that moistens and nourishes the lonely desert of my dad Gordon's ageing life.
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Fred Clarke (RFC 1951-1953) has died. Awaiting details on exact date of passing.
He was the first Richmond player to wear No. 17 after Jack Dyer.
He was the father of the late Essendon champ Neil Clarke.
 
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Fred Clarke (RFC 1951-1953) has died. Awaiting details on exact date of passing.
He was the first Richmond player to wear No. 17 after Jack Dyer.
He was the father of the late Essendon champ Neil Clarke.
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Never knew Nobby had a father who played in the VFL.

RIP Fred.
 
Daryl Gutterson died sometime before August 20 aged 67. He played 1 game for Carlton in 1971. He was a cousin to former Footscray player Jim.
 
The former Perth player Bert Wansbrough is mentioned in the book Goodbye Leederville Oval by Kieran James (published by Lulu) on page 65 as follows:

Family support for the WAFL in the 1950s and 1960s

My father (Laurie James) had been a casual East Perth supporter from an East Perth family. His uncle-in-law had been a friend of 1955 Perth Football Club premiership player, Hubert “Bert” Wansbrough, who played 127 games for the club between 1952 and 1958.[1] Because of this association, his family would alternate between attending East Perth’s home games at Perth Oval and attending Perth’s home games at the WACA Ground.[2] Laurie would irritate his own family of “one-eyed East Perth supporters” by simply “appreciating good football” from something similar to “an umpire’s perspective”.[3]

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[1] East, A., Kennedy, P., Lawrence, B. and J. Wicks (2005), From Redlegs to Demons: a History of the Perth Football Club from 1899 (Perth: Perth Football Club), p. 236.
[2] Personal conversation with Laurie James, Perth, 12 July 2011.
[3] Ibid.
 

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VALE BERT WANSBROUGH

Bert Wansbrough, who was aged 87, was one of the most talented and versatile key position players to represent the Perth Football Club. Recruited from Beverley as a full forward in 1952, he made his interstate debut for WA against Victoria in 1954 at Subiaco Oval at centre half-back. The next...
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The former Perth player Bert Wansbrough is mentioned in the book Goodbye Leederville Oval by Kieran James (published by Lulu) on page 65 as follows:

Family support for the WAFL in the 1950s and 1960s

My father (Laurie James) had been a casual East Perth supporter from an East Perth family. His uncle-in-law had been a friend of 1955 Perth Football Club premiership player, Hubert “Bert” Wansbrough, who played 127 games for the club between 1952 and 1958.[1] Because of this association, his family would alternate between attending East Perth’s home games at Perth Oval and attending Perth’s home games at the WACA Ground.[2] Laurie would irritate his own family of “one-eyed East Perth supporters” by simply “appreciating good football” from something similar to “an umpire’s perspective”.[3]

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[1] East, A., Kennedy, P., Lawrence, B. and J. Wicks (2005), From Redlegs to Demons: a History of the Perth Football Club from 1899 (Perth: Perth Football Club), p. 236.
[2] Personal conversation with Laurie James, Perth, 12 July 2011.
[3] Ibid.
 
Fitzroy great Bill Stephen died last night aged 92. Played 162 games for the Lions between 1947 and 1957, kicking 4 goals. He was captain-coach of the club between 1955 and 1957. He coached the Bombers in 1976 and 1977. He was coach of the Lions between 1965 and 1970 and again from 1979 to 1980. He was Fitzroy Club Champion in 1950 and was named in the Sporting Life team of the year in 1952. He wrote the Lions club song after watching the 1942 movie Casablanca.
 
Former Essendon player Mal Pascoe, born 31 March 1933, played 94 senior matches for the Dons between 1953-1958 passed away in Hobart this morning aged 87.
He went on to be playing coach of the Hobart Football Club in the TANFL from 1959-1965 where he would coach the Tigers 1959, 1960 and 1963 premiership teams as well as the club's 1959 Tasmanian State Premiership over Burnie.
He was awarded the William Leitch Medal for the best player in the TANFL in 1959.
Pascoe played on for one more year in 1966, handing over the coaching reins to the late John K Watts and played his 177th and final match for Hobart in the Tigers 1966 TANFL Premiership win over Glenorchy.
Pascoe then returned as coach of the young, struggling Tiger outfit and coached the club in 1978 and 1979 when he retired and handed the job over to Paul Sproule who took Hobart to the 1980 TANFL Premiership and Winfield Statewide Cup title in the same year.
Pascoe was immortalised by the Hobart Football Club as ine of the famous Three P's (along with Burnie Payne and Denis Powell) and the club's main grandstand at the TCA Ground was named after the trio in 1998.
He was the Hobart Football Club's longest serving coach, having coached the senior team for nine years (1959-1965 and 1978-1979), and coached the most premierships by a coach in the history of the Hobart Football Club with three.
Pascoe passed away on 24 August 2020.
 
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Left a quadreplegic after an on field collision playing for Footscray in 1975

Set up the Neil Sachse Foundation and committed the rest of his life to helping Spinal Cord research

(it was his 2nd game for Footscray)

86 games North Adelaide
2 games Footscray

1951-2020
 
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Left a quadreplegic after an on field collision playing for Footscray in 1975

Set up the Neil Sachse Foundation and committed the rest of his life to helping Spinal Cord research

(it was his 2nd game for Footscray)

86 games North Adelaide
2 games Footscray

1951-2020
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I recall seeing him and his brother play for North Adelaide in the early 70s. Completely different builds...Denis was the typical 'big fat fullforward' ...but both very good players.

VALE.
 
This is the list of known deaths of Australian footballers with Wikipedia articles from June 2019 to May 2020. This is the code to retrieve the list from WikiData:
Separate lists for other years are found elsewhere in this thread:
From June 2017 to May 2018
From June 2018 to May 2019
From June 2020 to May 2021
From June 2021 to May 2022


  • Bob Henderson; Fitzroy Football Club; 85; 27-Jan-34; 8-Jun-19
  • Stan Smith; Collingwood Football Club; 94; 17-Apr-25; 8-Jun-19
  • Don Benson; Richmond Football Club; 99; 9-Apr-20; 12-Jun-19
  • John Wilson; Richmond Football Club; 79; 18-May-40; 15-Jun-19
  • Alf Hughes; Hawthorn Football Club; 88; 25-Jun-30; 18-Jun-19
  • Mack Atkins; Hawthorn Football Club; 87; 18-Aug-31; 25-Jun-19
  • Kevin Higgins; Geelong & Fitzroy Football Clubs; 68; 20-Feb-51; 5-Jul-19
  • John Waddington; North Melbourne Football Club; 81; 24-May-38; 6-Jul-19
  • Peter Hamilton; Melbourne Football Club; 62; 17-Oct-56; 6-Jul-19
  • Roger Hoggett; Carlton Football Club; 77; 10-May-42; 26-Jul-19
  • Ian Drohan; St Kilda Football Club; 86; 22-Aug-32; 28-Jul-19
  • John Scarlett; Geelong & South Melbourne Football Club; 72; 29-May-47; 31-Jul-19
  • Russell Middlemiss; Geelong Football Club; 90; 6-Jul-29; 5-Aug-19
  • Frank 'Bluey' Adams; Melbourne Football Club; 84; 12-Jun-35; 11-Aug-19
  • Graham Farmer; East Perth, Geelong & West Perth Football Clubs; 84; 10-Mar-35; 14-Aug-19
  • Colin Beard; Richmond & South Fremantle Football Clubs; 77; 12-Dec-41; 20-Aug-19
  • Tony Thiessen; Carlton, Melbourne, North Melbourne & Sandy Bay Football Clubs; 77; 25-May-42; 3-Sep-19
  • Danny Frawley; St Kilda Football Club; 56; 8-Sep-63; 9-Sep-19
  • Roy Eliason; North Melbourne Football Club; 93; 18-Feb-26; 11-Sep-19
  • Peter Lucas; Collingwood Football Club; 89; 23-Nov-29; 16-Sep-19
  • Robert Oatey; Norwood & Sturt Football Clubs; 77; 16-Aug-42; 17-Sep-19
  • Tom Allsop; Hawthorn Football Club; 90; 2-Sep-29; 27-Sep-19
  • Ray Brain; Fitzroy Football Club; 66; 21-Nov-52; 28-Sep-19
  • Jack Lawrence; North Melbourne Football Club; 85; 2-Jul-34; 29-Sep-19
  • John D'Arcy; Richmond Football Club; 84; 22-Aug-35; 29-Sep-19
  • Robert Hickman; Richmond Football Club; 76; 26-Dec-42; 2-Oct-19
  • John Williams; Carlton Football Club; 79; 13-Apr-40; 9-Oct-19
  • Ralph Edwards; Footscray Football Club; 84; 7-Jun-35; 13-Oct-19
  • Bob Wright; North Melbourne Football Club; 76; 8-Jan-43; 24-Oct-19
  • John Curtin; St Kilda Football Club; 94; 8-Nov-24; 28-Oct-19
  • Kevin Hogan; South Melbourne Football Club; 85; 6-Oct-34; 5-Nov-19
  • Fred Wain; Hawthorn Football Club; 91; 6-Jun-28; 6-Nov-19
  • Tony Bull; Melbourne Football Club; 89; 24-May-30; 22-Nov-19
  • Terry Board; Carlton Football Club; 74; 5-Nov-45; 23-Nov-19
  • Dave Meehan; North Melbourne Football Club; 79; 18-Apr-40; 28-Nov-19
  • Jim Cusack; Fitzroy Football Club; 89; 2-Nov-30; 29-Nov-19
  • Doug Cox; Essendon & St Kilda Football Clubs; 62; 16-Sep-57; 30-Nov-19
  • Alan McAsey; Footscray Football Club; 82; 14-Oct-37; 5-Dec-19
  • Don Howell; Collingwood & St Kilda Football Clubs; 84; 15-Jul-35; 5-Dec-19
  • Paddy Guinane; Richmond Football Club; 80; 31-Jan-39; 8-Dec-19
  • Bill Welsh; Collingwood Football Club; 95; 3-Aug-24; 10-Dec-19
  • Graham Cooper; Hawthorn Football Club; 81; 24-Apr-38; 11-Dec-19
  • Rod Payne; Melbourne Football Club; 74; 22-Jan-45; 21-Dec-19
  • Pat Dalton; Perth Football Club; 77; 12-Jun-42; 8-Jan-20
  • Irwin Lewis; Claremont Football Club; 80; 21-Apr-39; 28-Jan-20
  • Bill Young; St Kilda Football Club; 88; 6-Jun-31; 4-Mar-20
  • John Schneebichler; Glenelg & South Adelaide Football Clubs; 61; 23-Jul-58; 9-Mar-20
  • Sanford Wheeler; Sydney Swans; 49; 6-Apr-70; 10-Mar-20
  • Bob Myers; St Kilda Football Club; 89; 29-Nov-30; 18-Mar-20
  • Jack Jones; Essendon Football Club; 95; 7-Nov-24; 24-Mar-20
  • Tom McNeil; St Kilda Football Club; 90; 9-Jun-29; 24-Mar-20
  • John Hyde; Geelong Football Club; 89; 11-Apr-30; 26-Mar-20
  • Tony Anderson; Melbourne Football Club; 78; 31-Jan-42; 1-Apr-20
  • John (Jack) Trethowan; South Melbourne Football Club; 83; 28-Oct-36; 1-Apr-20
  • Brian Falconer; West Perth & Hawthorn Football Clubs; 86; 2-Jun-33; 4-Apr-20
  • Bruce Gonsalves; Collingwood Football Club; 63; 26-Dec-56; 6-Apr-20
  • Quenton Leach; Claremont & Fremantle Football Clubs; 47; 20-Aug-72; 7-Apr-20
  • Michael Bowden; Richmond Football Club; 73; 21-Mar-47; 11-Apr-20
  • Bruce Murray; South Melbourne Football Club; 90; 4-Sep-29; 16-Apr-20
  • Laurie Shipp; North Melbourne Football Club; 90; 27-Sep-29; 18-Apr-20
  • Alan Clough; Footscray Football Club; 87; 9-Nov-32; 20-Apr-20
  • Graeme Watson; Melbourne Football Club; 75; 8-Mar-45; 24-Apr-20
  • Brian Barclay; Fitzroy Football Club; 82; 27-Feb-38; 26-Apr-20
  • John Leedham; North Hobart & North Launceston Football Clubs; 91; 20-May-28; 1-May-20
  • Geoff Kerr; St Kilda Football Club; 95; 7-Apr-25; 26-May-20
  • Bob Hammond; Norwood & North Adelaide Football Clubs; 78; 16-Feb-42; 30-May-20
 
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