Ron Irwin (footballer)
Australian rules footballer
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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]
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Ronald Leslie Irwin | ||
| Born | 23 October 1923 | ||
| Died | 18 August 2009 (aged 85) | ||
| Original team | Glen Ormond (Victorian Junior Amateur Association) | ||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||
| Position | 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 | |||
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]
