Ron Black (footballer)

Ronald Victor Black (10 May 1908 – 3 October 1983) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Ron Black
Personal information
Full name Ronald Victor Black
Date of birth (1908-05-10)10 May 1908
Place of birth Box Hill, Victoria
Date of death 3 October 1983(1983-10-03) (aged 75)
Original team(s) Box Hill Churches
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1927, 1929 Hawthorn 17 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1929.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

In the Round 18 match against Richmond in 1927 at Punt Road, Black broke his leg when he collided with the boundary fence and missed the 1928 VFL football season when recovery from his fracture.[2][3][4]

Black played with Camberwell Football Club in 1930.

Black won the 1932 and 1935 - Ovens and King Football League's best and fairest award, the Charles Butler Medal, when playing for the Whorouly Football Club. He was also runner up in the same award in 1936 too.[5]

Notes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "1927 - Gossip of the game". Trove Newspapers. The Herald. 16 September 1927. p. 15. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  3. "1927 - Hawthorn back breaks leg". Trove Newspapers. Sporting Globe. 10 September 1927. p. 1. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  4. A H De Lacy (31 May 1930). "1930 - Black's play affected by injury". Trove Newspapers. Sporting Globe. p. 6. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  5. "1935 - O&KFL - Best & Fairest Award". Ovens & King FNL. Retrieved 3 November 2020.


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