Ron Evans

For other people named Ron Evans, see Ron Evans (disambiguation).

Ron Evans
Personal information
Date of birth 7 July 1939 (1939-07-07)
Date of death 9 March 2007(2007-03-09) (aged 67)
Place of death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Original team(s) Essendon Baptists
Debut 10 May 1958 (when 18), Essendon vs. Melbourne, at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1958–1962 Essendon 64 (210)
1963–1965 West Perth 60 (271)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1965.
Career highlights
  • VFL Leading Goalkicker:
    • 1959 (78 goals)
    • 1960 (67 goals)
      • 10 goals in one match (1960)
      • 9 goals in one match (1959 twice)
      • 8 goals in one match (1960)
      • 7 goals in one match (1958)
      • 6 goals in one match (1959 twice, 1960)
  • Victorian Interstate team: 1959, 1960
  • WANFL Leading goalkicker: 1963 (97 goals)


Victorian District Cricket

Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ronald Barry Evans AM (7 July 1939 – 9 March 2007) was an Australian rules footballer, Chairman of the Australian Football League (AFL) from 1998 to 2007, as well as President of the Essendon Football Club from 1988 to 1992.[1]

  1. ^ ABC Online, Former AFL chairman Evans dies. Retrieved 9 March 2007.