Ron Branton

Ron Branton
Personal information
Full name	Ronald Neil Branton
Date of birth	(1933-06-10)10 June 1933
Place of birth	Maryborough, Victoria, Australia
Date of death	30 May 2024(2024-05-30) (aged 90)
Original team(s)	Maryborough
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1953–1962	Richmond	170 (171)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1962.
Career highlights
Richmond Best and Fairest 1960, 1961, 1962 Richmond Leading Goalkicker 1953, 1954 Richmond Captain 1960-1962 Interstate Games:- 2 Richmond - Hall of Fame - inducted 2006
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ronald Branton (10 June 1933 – 30 May 2024) was an Australian rules football player who has played in the VFL between 1953 and 1962 for the Richmond Football Club. ^{[1] [2]}

A rover from Maryborough, he won the best first year player in 1953, as well as the leading goalkicker award in his first two seasons. He is the only player to have won the Jack Dyer Medal in three consecutive years. ^[3]

Branton played with Myrtleford in the Ovens & Murray Football League from 1963 to 1965 as their captain/coach, kicking 80 goals during that time.

Branton then played two seasons with Klng Valley Football Club in the Ovens & King Football League in 1966 and 1967, kicking 49 goals during that time.

References

1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 90. ISBN   978-1-921496-32-5.
2. Hogan, Paul (1996). The Tigers Of Old. Melbourne, Victoria: Richmond FC. ISBN   978-0-646187-48-8.
3. "Vale Ron Branton". richmondfc.com.au. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.

External links

• Ron Branton's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Ron Branton at AustralianFootball.com
• Richmond Football Club - Hall of Fame
• Oral History - Ron Branton