Mick Cooke (Australian footballer)

Mick Cooke
Mick Cooke
Personal information
Full name	Mick Cooke
Date of birth	4 January 1938
Date of death	19 February 2014 (aged 76)
Original team(s)	Ballarat
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Playing career1
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1960.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Last updated April 24, 2019

Mick Cooke (4 January 1938 – 19 February 2014) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

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.

The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos or less formally the Roos, the Kangas or North, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world. It is based at the Arden Street Oval in the inner Melbourne suburb of North Melbourne, Victoria, but plays its home matches at the nearby Docklands Stadium.

The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body, and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game. The league was founded as the Victorian Football League (VFL) as a breakaway from the previous Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season commencing in 1897. Originally comprising only teams based in the Australian state of Victoria, the competition's name was changed to the Australian Football League for the 1990 season, after expanding to other states throughout the 1980s.

Notes

↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 175. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

External links

Mick Cooke's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Mick Cooke at AustralianFootball.com

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

Related Research Articles

The 1906 Victorian Football League season was the 10th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.

Michael John Grace was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club, Carlton Football Club and St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

The 1975 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the North Melbourne Football Club and the Hawthorn Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 27 September 1975. It was the 79th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1975 VFL season. The match, attended 110,551 spectators, was won by North Melbourne by a margin of 55 points, marking that club's first premiership victory. In so doing, it became the last of the 12 VFL teams to win a flag.

Mick Ryan was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Mick Hughson was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Mick Higgins was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Samuel Edward Cooke was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Mick Mornane was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Mick Morris was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Mick Glenister was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Michael James Holligan was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Walter Mark Cooke was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Mick Plant is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Mick Pavone is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Mick Pullen was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Mick Maroney was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Ed Cooke was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Lindsay Cooke is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Michael English was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Michael Joseph O'Hagan was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

[encyc-1] Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 175. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.