Ken Mansfield (footballer)

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Ken Mansfield
Personal information
Full name Ken Mansfield
Date of birth (1958-09-07) 7 September 1958 (age 62)
Original team(s) Avondale Heights
Height 176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Position(s) Rover
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1976–80 Essendon 48 (34)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1980.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ken Mansfield (born 7 September 1958) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1] He won Essendon's most improved player award in 1979. Mansfield later played for Woodville in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and Victorian Football Association (VFA) sides Sandringham and Coburg.

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. 548. ISBN   978-1-921496-32-5.


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