Ken Carlon

Last updated • 1 min readFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Ken Carlon
Ken Carlon 1949.jpg
Personal information
Full name Kenneth Carlon
Date of birth(1923-10-05)5 October 1923
Place of birth Carlton, Victoria
Date of death 5 January 2004(2004-01-05) (aged 80)
Original team(s) Greensborough [1]
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1949–50 Melbourne 30 (6)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1950.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Kenneth Carlon (5 October 1923 – 5 January 2004) [2] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [3]

Contents

War Service

Carlon served in the Australian Army during World War II. [4]

Football

After first training with Melbourne in 1946, Carlon made his senior debut in 1949 and played 30 games over two seasons. He was subsequently was captain of Melbourne's Reserve side in 1951 and 1952. [5]

In 1953, Carlon was captain / coach of the Rennie Football Club in the Coreen & District Football League.

In 1954, Carlon was appointed as coach of the Cornwall Football Club in Launceston, Tasmania. [6]

Notes

  1. "MELBOURNE STARS BEGIN TRAINING OLD PLAYERS SHOW GOOD FORM". The Argus. Melbourne. 20 March 1946. p. 13. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  2. "Ken Carlon – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  3. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 127. ISBN   978-1-921496-00-4.
  4. "World War II Roll: CARLON, Kenneth". Department of Veterans Affairs.
  5. "Ken Carlon". Demonwiki.
  6. "Ken Carlon". The Sporting Globe. 3 February 1954. p. 5 via Trove Newspapers.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carlton Football Club</span> Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's top professional competition.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">North Albury Football Club</span>

The North Albury Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Hoppers, is an Australian rules football and netball club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League (O&MFL). They are incorporated as part of the North Albury Sports Club licensed club at Bunton Park in North Albury, Albury, where they play their home matches. The club has won six O&MFL premierships. The Hoppers currently play in forest green guernseys with a gold vee and the "Hopper" logo on the right side. Previous guernsey designs included a dark green and gold design similar to the West Coast Eagles' classic wingtip design and a gold design with two dark green vees over the yoke. The club song is a version of "Join in the Chorus" with some words altered from the AFL Kangaroos version.

John Cameron Sheedy is a former Australian rules footballer and coach. He played for East Fremantle and East Perth in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL) and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Sheedy is considered one of the greatest ever footballers from Western Australia, being the first player from that state to play 300 games in elite Australian rules football, and is a member of both the Australian and West Australian Football Halls of Fame.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Des Rowe</span> Australian rules footballer and coach

Kenneth Desmond Rowe was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1946 and 1957 for the Richmond Football Club. He was later senior coach of Richmond from 1961 to 1963.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ron Clegg</span> Australian rules footballer and coach (1927-1990)

Ron "Smokey" Clegg was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Col Austen</span> Australian rules footballer

Colin Edward 'Col' Austen was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club and Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

William John Faul was an Australian rules footballer who played for the South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and for the Subiaco Football Club in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL).

<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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bill Findlay</span> Australian rules footballer and coach

Bill Findlay was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He played as a rover and was sometimes pushed forward where he was a handy goalkicker, averaging two goals a game.

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

Kenneth H. Walker was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Laurie Taylor was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) for the Richmond Football Club and in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) for West Adelaide and Glenelg Football Clubs.

Cecil Alfred Ruddell was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stan Rule</span> Australian rules footballer and coach

Stanley William Rule was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

<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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Frank Kelly (footballer, born 1910)</span> Australian rules footballer, born 1910

Francis James Kelly was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood, Melbourne, Essendon and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Norman Desmond Martin was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Alan Thomas Miller was an Australian rules football coach in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was senior coach of South Melbourne in 1967 and 1968, one of only a few people who have coached a VFL/AFL club without having been a player in the league.

Frank Brew was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Albert Noel Ross was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).