Ron Kneebone

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Ron George Kneebone
Personal information
Date of birth 18th of March, 1937
Place of birth Maitland Hospital, South Australia
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1957–1967 Norwood 201 (86)
Representative team honours
YearsTeamGames (Goals)
South Australia 16
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1967.
Career highlights
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Ron Kneebone is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Norwood in the SANFL. [1] He was named as a half back flanker in the official Norwood 'Team of the Century'.

Kneebone debuted for Norwood in 1957 and was initially used up forward. Strong overhead, Kneebone was later pushed into defence and it was as a full back that he won the 1966 Magarey Medal. It was his second last league season and in 1967 he retired having played 201 games with Norwood and 16 interstate matches for South Australia.

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References

  1. "Ron G Kneebone". SANFL . Retrieved 16 June 2014.