Ron Auchettl

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Ron Auchettl
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Full name Ron Auchettl
Date of birth (1946-08-04) 4 August 1946 (age 71)
Date of death 2 December 2012(2012-12-02) (aged 66)
Original team(s) Merlynston
Height 184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Position(s) Utility
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1966–69 Carlton 17 (8)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1969.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ron Auchettl (4 August 1946 – 2 December 2012) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]

Australian rules football Contact sport invented in Melbourne

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.

Carlton Football Club Australian rules football club

The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1864 in Carlton, an inner suburb of Melbourne, the club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the competition's eight founding member clubs in 1897.

Australian Football League Australian rules football competition

The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional competition of Australian rules football in Australia. 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

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 106. ISBN   978-1-921496-00-4.


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