| Reynolds Webb | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Webb in 1922 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Reynolds W. Webb | ||
| Date of birth | 14 April 1900 | ||
| Date of death | 22 June 1989 (aged 89) | ||
| Original team(s) | Collingwood Districts | ||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1921–1926 | Collingwood | 84 (65) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1926. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Reynolds Webb (14 April 1900 – 22 June 1989) [1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
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 Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). Formed in 1892 in the then-working class Melbourne suburb of Collingwood, the club played in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) before joining seven other teams in 1896 to found the breakaway Victorian Football League. Originally based at Victoria Park, Collingwood now plays its home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground with its training and administrative headquarters located at Olympic Park Oval and the Holden Centre.
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.
Webb was a rover and forward during his time at Collingwood. [2]
He played in two losing grand finals, the 1922 VFL Grand Final and 1925 VFL Grand Final. [3]
The 1922 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Fitzroy Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 21 October 1922. It was the 26th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1922 VFL season.
The 1925 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 10 October 1925. It was the 29th annual grand final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1925 VFL season. The match, attended by 64,288 spectators, was won by Geelong by a margin of 10 points, marking that club's first VFL premiership victory.
Webb represented the VFL in 1925, against New South Wales. [4]
