| Ron Irwin | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Ronald Leslie Irwin | ||
| Date of birth | 23 October 1923 | ||
| Date of death | 18 August 2009 (aged 85) | ||
| Original team(s) | Glen Ormond (Victorian Junior Amateur Association) | ||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Full back | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1943–47 | Melbourne | 51 (0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1947. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Ronald Leslie Irwin (23 October 1923 – 18 August 2009) was a former Australian rules footballer who played 51 games as number 3 with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) from 1943 to 1947.[1]
Irwin was recruited from Glen Ormond in the Victorian Junior Amateur Association.[2] He also played in the football team of the engineering firm Kelly and Lewis from 1941 to 1943.[3][4]
In 1950, Irwin was appointed captain-coach of Yarraville in the Victorian Football Association, after missing over 2 years of football due to a knee injury.[5] After playing as a utility player and filling most key positions on the ground in 1950, he retired at the start of the 1951 season, due to a recurrence of his knee injury.[6]
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 404. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
- ^ Football Permits Granted. The Argus, Thursday, May 27, 1943; pg. 9
- ^ Engineering Workers. The Dandenong Journal, Wednesday, Oct 1, 1941; pg. 13
- ^ Spring Vale. The Dandenong Journal, Wednesday, June 16, 1943; pg. 9
- ^ R. Irwin to Coach Yarraville. The Age, Thursday, March 16, 1950; pg. 16
- ^ Irwin unlikely to play. The Argus, Tuesday, April 3, 1951; pg. 10