Ron Hovey
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| Ron Hovey | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Date of birth | 25 August 1932 | ||
| Date of death | 6 January 2015 (aged 82) | ||
| Original team(s) | St Brendans Shepparton, Shepparton Boys | ||
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1951–1960 | Geelong | 141 (25) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1960. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Ronald Clive Hovey OAM (25 August 1932 – 6 January 2015) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Hovey played in the 1947 Shepparton Boys Football Club's Central Goulburn Valley Football League premiership team as a 15-year-old[1][2] before moving to Geelong to play in the Geelong Under-19's side in 1948.
Hovey was a regular in the Geelong backline during the 1950s and would sometimes push into the midfield.[3] He was a member of Geelong's 1951 and 1952 premiership teams.[4] Hovey, who finished equal seventh in the 1959 Brownlow Medal, was captain of Geelong in 1960, his final season.[4][5] Hovey was forced to retire six games into the 1960 VFL season due to an ongoing knee injury.[6]
Two of his brothers, Ced and Jim, also played league football for Geelong.[7]
