Alby Smedts

Last updated

Alby Smedts
Personal information
Full name Albert Peter Smedts
Date of birth (1952-01-09) 9 January 1952 (age 70)
Original team(s) Narre Warren
Height 184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Position(s) Defence
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1972–1975 Waverley (VFA)
1975–1976 North Albury (OMFL)
1976–1979 Footscray 51 (4)
1980–1981 St Kilda 10 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1981.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Albert Peter Smedts (born 9 January 1952) is a former Australian rules footballer who initially played for Narre Warren, then with Waverley in the VFA from 1972 to 1974.

Smedts played with North Albury in 1975 and 1976, kicking 15 goals, and featured in North Albury's best players in their 1975 Ovens & Murray Football League grand final loss to Wangaratta Rovers, [1] prior to playing with Footscray from late 1976 to 1979.

Smedts then played with the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) from 1980 to 1981. [2]

Notes

  1. "O&MFNL - 1975 Grand Final Details". Ovens & Murray FNL. OMFNL. 1975. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 825. ISBN   978-1-921496-32-5.


Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Haydn Bunton Sr.</span> Australian rules footballer

Haydn William Bunton was an Australian rules footballer who represented Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL), Subiaco in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), and Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) during the 1930s and 1940s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lavington Sports Ground</span>

Lavington Sports Ground is a sports ground located in the suburb of Hamilton Valley near Lavington on the north-west fringe of the city of Albury, Australia. The oval is nestled in the side of a hill, with concrete terraces cut into the southern side of the oval below a grass embankment and the grandstand and changing rooms located on the north-west flank. The venue also incorporates a 4 table cricket wicket, a velodrome for track cycling and two netball courts. The Lavington Panthers Sports Club licensed club was formerly located next to the ground, across Hanna Street.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ovens & Murray Football Netball League</span> Australian rules football and netball competition

The Ovens and Murray Football Netball League (O&MFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition containing ten clubs based in north-eastern Victoria, the southern Riverina region of New South Wales and the Ovens and Murray area. The name comes from the Ovens River, the river in the part of north-eastern Victoria covered by the league, and the Murray River, which separates Victoria and New South Wales.

Murray Weideman was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He died one day after his 85th birthday.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alby Rodda</span> Australian rules footballer

Albert Rupert Joseph Rodda was an Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Rodda played 50 odd games with the State Savings Bank Football Club in the Amateurs prior to joining Melbourne. He was a member of the Melbourne's VFL premiership teams in 1939, 1940 and 1948. Rodda was a member of Melbourne's 1946 losing VFL grand final team and was Melbourne's best player in the 1948 drawn VFL grand final.

Paul Spargo is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne and the Brisbane Bears in the Australian Football League (AFL). A half forward, he is the son of Footscray's Grand Final player Bob Spargo.

Harold Warwick "Tim" Robb was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and North Melbourne in the VFL.

Michael Porter is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the VFL.

Ken Bennett is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the VFL during the late 1950s and early 1960s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tommy Lahiff</span> Australian rules footballer

Thomas 'Tommy' 'Turk' Lahiff was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon, South Melbourne and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and for Port Melbourne in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), before becoming a successful coach and radio commentator.

Harry Hunter was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1920s.

Douglas Leslie Ringrose was an Australian rules footballer who played for and coached Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1920s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bill Walton (footballer)</span> Australian rules footballer

William Henry Walton was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ern Elliott</span> Australian rules footballer, born 1900

Ernest George "Puffer" Elliott was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charlie Roland</span> Australian rules footballer

Charles Henry Roland was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Tom Bush was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

The 2000 Victorian Football League season was the 119th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Sandringham Football Club, after defeating North Ballarat by 31 points in the Grand Final on 27 August.

Don Wilks was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Steven Hedley is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Sydney in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Albert Anderson was an Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club and Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).