Ron Clegg
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Ron "Smokey" Clegg (born 17 November 1927; died -23 August 1990) was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League.
A brilliant key position player at either centre half-forward or centre half-back, he was awarded the Brownlow Medal in 1949 while playing with the then South Melbourne Football Club.
In 1996 Clegg was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
[edit] Career highlights
Playing career:
- South Melbourne 1945-1954, 1956-1960 (Games: 231 Goals: 156)
Player honors:
- Brownlow Medal 1949
- 2nd Brownlow Medal 1951
- South Melbourne Best & Fairest 1948, 1949, 1951
- South Melbourne captain 1953-1954, 1957-1960
- South Melbourne/Sydney Swans Team of the Century
- Victorian representative (15 games, 7 goals)
Coaching record:
- South Melbourne 1958-1959 (36 games, 15 wins, 21 losses).
[edit] References
- Ross, John (1999). The Australian Football Hall of Fame. Australia: HarperCollinsPublishers, p. 50. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X.
- AFL Hall of Fame
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