Ken Melville

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Ken Melville
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Personal information
Full name Peter Kennedy Melville
Date of birth (1931-02-11) 11 February 1931 (age 92)
Original team(s) University Blacks
Height 179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1953–1956 Melbourne 71 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1956.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Peter Kennedy Melville (born 11 February 1931) is a former Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Ken Melville had his short career at Melbourne during the early period of Melbourne's golden era. He was a member of 1955 and 1956 premiership teams before retiring at the end of the 1956 season.

Melville became a Presbyterian minister, serving in Stepney, London in the 1950s [1] and then at Benalla from 1961 to 1964. [2]

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References

  1. "Ken Melville". Demonwiki.
  2. "Our History". Benalla Presbyterian Church. Retrieved 25 September 2021.