Grant Simmons (footballer)

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Grant Simmons
Personal information
Full name Grant Simmons
Date of birth (1952-06-09) 9 June 1952 (age 70)
Original team(s) Sunshine
Height 193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1970–71, 1973–76 Footscray 30 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1976.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Grant Simmons (born 9 June 1952) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]


Notes

  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 818. ISBN   978-1-921496-32-5.

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