John Ledwidge

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John Ledwidge
Personal information
Full name John Ledwidge
Date of birth (1934-09-28) 28 September 1934 (age 83)
Original team(s) Middle Park YCW
Height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 91 kg (201 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1954–58 South Melbourne 40 (11)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1958.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

John Ledwidge (born 28 September 1934) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]

Australian rules football Contact sport invented in Melbourne

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, or simply called Aussie rules, football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the oval-shaped ball between goal posts or between behind posts.

Sydney Swans Australian rules football club

The Sydney Swans are a professional Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League (AFL). Established in Melbourne as the South Melbourne Football Club in 1874, the Swans relocated to Sydney in 1982, thus making it the first club in the competition to be based outside Victoria.

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. 506. ISBN   978-1-921496-32-5.
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