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class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Full name</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> John William Abley</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Date of birth</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> 18 October 1930</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Place of birth</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Melbourne,_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Melbourne, Victoria">Melbourne, Victoria</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Date of death</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> 19 August 2011<span style="display:none">(2011-08-19)</span> (aged 80)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Place of death</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Adelaide,_South_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Adelaide, South Australia">Adelaide, South Australia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Original team(s)</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data role" style="vertical-align: baseline"> Melbourne District <br /> Hawthorn Reserves</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Height</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Weight</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> 79 kg (174 lb)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Position(s)</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data role" style="vertical-align: baseline"> Full-back</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#003399; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.5em">Playing career<sup>1</sup></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Years</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Club</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Games (Goals)</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight: normal">1950–1961</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Port_Adelaide_Football_Club" title="Port Adelaide Football Club">Port Adelaide</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> 212 (1)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#003399; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.5em">Representative team honours</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Years</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Team</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Games (Goals)</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight: normal">1953–1961</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/South_Australia_Australian_rules_football_team" title="South Australia Australian rules football team">South Australia</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> 23</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-full-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> <div style="color:#555; font-size:90%"><sup>1</sup> Playing statistics correct to the end of 1961.</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#003399; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.5em">Career highlights</th></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-full-data" style="vertical-align: baseline"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <p><b>Club</b> </p> <ul><li>7× <a href="/wiki/Port_Adelaide_Football_Club" title="Port Adelaide Football Club">Port Adelaide</a> premiership player (<a href="/wiki/1951_SANFL_Grand_Final" title="1951 SANFL Grand Final">1951</a>, <a href="/wiki/1954_SANFL_Grand_Final" title="1954 SANFL Grand Final">1954</a>, <a href="/wiki/1955_SANFL_Grand_Final" title="1955 SANFL Grand Final">1955</a>, <a href="/wiki/1956_SANFL_Grand_Final" title="1956 SANFL Grand Final">1956</a>, <a href="/wiki/1957_SANFL_Grand_Final" title="1957 SANFL Grand Final">1957</a>, <a href="/wiki/1958_SANFL_Grand_Final" title="1958 SANFL Grand Final">1958</a>, <a href="/wiki/1959_SANFL_Grand_Final" title="1959 SANFL Grand Final">1959</a>)</li></ul> <p><b>Representative</b> </p> <ul><li>3× <a href="/wiki/All-Australian_team" title="All-Australian team">All-Australian team</a> (<a href="/wiki/All-Australian_team#1956" title="All-Australian team">1956</a>, <a href="/wiki/All-Australian_team#1958" title="All-Australian team">1958</a>, <a href="/wiki/All-Australian_team#1961" title="All-Australian team">1961</a>)</li> <li>23 games for <a href="/wiki/South_Australia_Australian_rules_football_team" title="South Australia Australian rules football team">South Australia</a></li></ul> <p><b>Honours</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Port_Adelaide_Football_Club#Greatest_Team" title="Port Adelaide Football Club">Port Adelaide's greatest team</a> (<a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_positions#Full_back" title="Australian rules football positions">full back</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Australian_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="South Australian Football Hall of Fame">South Australian Football Hall of Fame</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SANFL" class="mw-redirect" title="SANFL">SANFL life member</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Adelaide_Football_Club" title="Port Adelaide Football Club">Port Adelaide life member</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Australian Football Hall of Fame">Australian Football Hall of Fame</a> (2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-below" style="text-align: right"> Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://australianfootball.com/players/player/John+Abley/406">AustralianFootball.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John Abley</b> (18 October 1930 – 19 August 2011) was an <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football" title="Australian rules football">Australian rules footballer</a> who played with <a href="/wiki/Port_Adelaide_Football_Club" title="Port Adelaide Football Club">Port Adelaide</a> in the <a href="/wiki/South_Australian_National_Football_League" title="South Australian National Football League">South Australian National Football League</a> (SANFL) between 1950 and 1961. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hawthorn_reserves_(1949)"><span id="Hawthorn_reserves_.281949.29"></span>Hawthorn reserves (1949)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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During the <a href="/wiki/1949_VFL_season" title="1949 VFL season">1949 VFL season</a> he played reserves football with <a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn Football Club</a> but turned his back on a possible career with the club in the seniors when he moved to <a href="/wiki/Adelaide,_South_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Adelaide, South Australia">Adelaide, South Australia</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Move_to_Adelaide">Move to Adelaide</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Abley&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Move to Adelaide"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When Abley moved to Adelaide it looked as if he would be playing for <a href="/wiki/Glenelg_Football_Club" title="Glenelg Football Club">Glenelg</a> (as his younger brother <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Abley" title="Kevin Abley">Kevin</a> did), as the area he planned on residing in was part of Glenelg's recruiting zone. Port Adelaide officials, at the suggestion of <a href="/wiki/Bob_McLean_(Australian_footballer)" title="Bob McLean (Australian footballer)">Bob McLean</a>, hastily arranged accommodation in Port's zone in the hope of acquiring his services. Abley debuted for Port Adelaide in 1950. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Port_Adelaide_(1950–1961)"><span id="Port_Adelaide_.281950.E2.80.931961.29"></span>Port Adelaide (1950–1961)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Abley&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Port Adelaide (1950–1961)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A fullback, Abley first played in that position for Port in a "Challenge match" in <a href="/wiki/Broken_Hill,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Broken Hill, New South Wales">Broken Hill</a> at the end of his debut season and after impressing was kept there for the remainder of his career. 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On three occasions Abley was selected as an <a href="/wiki/All-Australian" class="mw-redirect" title="All-Australian">All-Australian</a> for his performances at the carnivals, in 1956, 1958 and 1961. </p><p>In 1959, Abley was named as a life member of the Port Adelaide Football Club because of his talent, his warmth off the field and being one of only six players to play in all of Port Adelaide's premierships in the 1950s (1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958 and 1959). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Abley&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Abley died on 19 August 2011, aged 81, after a short illness. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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Australia Australian rules football team"><span style="color:gold">South Australian team</span></a> – <a href="/wiki/1958_Melbourne_Carnival" title="1958 Melbourne Carnival"><span style="color:gold">1958 Centenary Carnival</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background:#C00000; color:gold;"><div><b>Western Australia 11.12 (78) defeated South Australia 7.18 (60), at <a href="/wiki/South_Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" class="mw-redirect" title="South Melbourne Cricket Ground"><span style="color:gold">South Melbourne Cricket Ground </span></a>, 2 July 1958, crowd: 4,500</b><br /><b>Victoria (VFL) 25.17 (167) defeated South Australia 7.7 (49), at <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground"><span style="color:gold">Melbourne Cricket Ground </span></a>, 5 July 1958, crowd: 33,063</b><br /><b>Tasmania 11.18 (84) defeated South Australia 11.16 (82), at <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground"><span style="color:gold">Melbourne Cricket Ground </span></a>, 7 July 1958, crowd: 2,760</b><br /><b>South Australia 16.15 (111) defeated Victoria (VFA) 5.13 (43), at <a href="/wiki/South_Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" class="mw-redirect" title="South Melbourne Cricket Ground"><span style="color:gold">South Melbourne Cricket Ground </span></a>, 11 July 1958, crowd: 1,750</b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Captain: <a href="/wiki/Fos_Williams" title="Fos Williams">F. Williams</a></li> <li>Vice-Captain: <a href="/wiki/Neil_Davies_(Australian_footballer)" title="Neil Davies (Australian footballer)">Davies</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Abley</a></li> <li>Barbary</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Boyd" title="Dave Boyd">Boyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haydn_Bunton_Jr." title="Haydn Bunton Jr.">Bunton</a></li> <li>Christie</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Costello" title="Stan Costello">Costello</a></li> <li>Gilbourne</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Hannaford" title="Ian Hannaford">Hannaford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neville_Hayes_(footballer)" title="Neville Hayes (footballer)">Hayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Head" title="Lindsay Head">Head</a></li> <li>Hewitt</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Kerley" title="Neil Kerley">Kerley</a></li> <li>Kitchen</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Lindner" title="Don Lindner">Lindner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_McGregor" title="Ken McGregor">McGregor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geof_Motley" title="Geof Motley">Motley</a></li> <li>Rattigan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Rogerson" title="Ralph Rogerson">Rogerson</a></li> <li>Sawley</li> <li>Tierney</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Whelan" title="Ted Whelan">Whelan</a></li> <li>G. 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color:white;"><div><a href="/wiki/Port_Adelaide_Football_Club" title="Port Adelaide Football Club"><span style="color:white">Port Adelaide</span></a> 10.12 (72) defeated <a href="/wiki/North_Adelaide_Football_Club" title="North Adelaide Football Club"><span style="color:white">North Adelaide</span></a> 8.13 (61), at <a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Oval" title="Adelaide Oval"><span style="color:white">Adelaide Oval</span></a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Abley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Boyd" title="Dave Boyd">Boyd</a></li> <li>Clarke</li> <li>Davis</li> <li>Fletcher</li> <li>Greer</li> <li>Growden</li> <li>Hewitson</li> <li>Kretschmer</li> <li>Leaver</li> <li>Luke</li> <li>Marrett</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_McDonald_(footballer,_born_1925)" title="Harold McDonald (footballer, born 1925)">McDonald</a></li> <li>Parham</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Russell_(footballer)" title="Dick Russell (footballer)">Russell</a></li> <li>Salvemini</li> <li>Trowse</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Whelan" title="Ted Whelan">Whelan</a></li> <li>Whittaker</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fos_Williams" title="Fos Williams">Williams</a> (c)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background:black; 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color:white;"><div><a href="/wiki/Port_Adelaide_Football_Club" title="Port Adelaide Football Club"><span style="color:white">Port Adelaide</span></a> 11.13 (79) defeated <a href="/wiki/West_Adelaide_Football_Club" title="West Adelaide Football Club"><span style="color:white">West Adelaide</span></a> 10.16 (76), at <a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Oval" title="Adelaide Oval"><span style="color:white">Adelaide Oval</span></a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Abley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Boyd" title="Dave Boyd">Boyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Clift" title="Roger Clift">Clift</a></li> <li>Coldwell</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Garland_(Port_Adelaide_footballer)" title="Tom Garland (Port Adelaide footballer)">Garland</a></li> <li>Greer</li> <li>Hall</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neville_Hayes_(footballer)" title="Neville Hayes (footballer)">Hayes</a></li> <li>Jaggard</li> <li>Kretschmer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_McDonald_(footballer,_born_1925)" title="Harold McDonald (footballer, born 1925)">McDonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geof_Motley" title="Geof Motley">Motley</a></li> <li>Parham</li> <li>Robinson</li> <li>Stevens</li> <li>Tierney</li> <li>Trowse</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Whelan" title="Ted Whelan">Whelan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fos_Williams" title="Fos Williams">Williams</a> (c)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Zucker" title="Lloyd Zucker">Zucker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background:black; 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color:white;"><div><a href="/wiki/Port_Adelaide_Football_Club" title="Port Adelaide Football Club"><span style="color:white">Port Adelaide</span></a> 15.11 (101) defeated <a href="/wiki/Norwood_Football_Club" title="Norwood Football Club"><span style="color:white">Norwood</span></a> 5.8 (38), at <a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Oval" title="Adelaide Oval"><span style="color:white">Adelaide Oval</span></a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Abley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Boyd" title="Dave Boyd">Boyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Clift" title="Roger Clift">Clift</a></li> <li>Coldwell</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Garland_(Port_Adelaide_footballer)" title="Tom Garland (Port Adelaide footballer)">Garland</a></li> <li>Greer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neville_Hayes_(footballer)" title="Neville Hayes (footballer)">Hayes</a></li> <li>Kretschmer</li> <li>Marrett</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_McDonald_(footballer,_born_1925)" title="Harold McDonald (footballer, born 1925)">McDonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geof_Motley" title="Geof Motley">Motley</a></li> <li>Robinson</li> <li>Sawford</li> <li>Stevens</li> <li>Thompson</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Whelan" title="Ted Whelan">Whelan</a></li> <li>Whittaker</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fos_Williams" title="Fos Williams">F. Williams</a> (c)</li> <li>T. Williams</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Zucker" title="Lloyd Zucker">Zucker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background:black; color:white;"><div>Coach: <a href="/wiki/Fos_Williams" title="Fos Williams"><span style="color:white">F. 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Williams</a> (c)</li> <li>T. Williams</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Zucker" title="Lloyd Zucker">Zucker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background:black; color:white;"><div>Coach: <a href="/wiki/Fos_Williams" title="Fos Williams"><span style="color:white">F. 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Williams</a> (c)</li> <li>T. Williams</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Zucker" title="Lloyd Zucker">Zucker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background:black; color:white;"><div>Coach: <a href="/wiki/Fos_Williams" title="Fos Williams"><span style="color:white">F. 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Obst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Potter" title="Jeff Potter">Potter</a></li> <li>Tierney</li> <li>Thompson</li> <li>Tull</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Whelan" title="Ted Whelan">Whelan</a></li> <li>Williams</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Zucker" title="Lloyd Zucker">Zucker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background:black; color:white;"><div>Coach: <a href="/wiki/Geof_Motley" title="Geof Motley"><span style="color:white">Motley</span></a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="1956_All-Australian_team" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#060; color:gold;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:1956_All-Australian_team" title="Template:1956 All-Australian team"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:gold">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:1956_All-Australian_team" title="Template talk:1956 All-Australian team"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:gold">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1956_All-Australian_team" title="Special:EditPage/Template:1956 All-Australian team"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:gold">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="1956_All-Australian_team" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a 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title="Lindsay Head">Lindsay Head</a> (<a href="/wiki/West_Torrens_Football_Club" title="West Torrens Football Club">West Torrens</a>)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><b><a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_in_Tasmania" title="Australian rules football in Tasmania">Tasmania</a></b> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoff_Long" title="Geoff Long">Geoff Long</a> (<a href="/wiki/South_Launceston_Football_Club" title="South Launceston Football Club">City</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Strange" title="Barry Strange">Barry Strange</a> (<a href="/wiki/Glenorchy_Football_Club" title="Glenorchy Football Club">New Town</a>)</li></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><b><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Australian_rules_football_team" title="Victoria Australian rules football team">Victoria</a> (<a href="/wiki/Victorian_Football_League" title="Victorian Football League">VFA</a>)</b> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Johnson_(footballer,_born_1932)" title="Frank Johnson (footballer, born 1932)">Frank Johnson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Port_Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Port Melbourne Football Club">Port Melbourne</a>) (Captain)</li></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><b><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Australian_rules_football_team" title="Victoria Australian rules football team">Victoria</a></b> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Barassi" title="Ron Barassi">Ron Barassi</a> (<a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Chick_(footballer)" title="John Chick (footballer)">John Chick</a> (<a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Clarke_(footballer,_born_1933)" title="Jack Clarke (footballer, born 1933)">Jack Clarke</a> (<a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Hutchison" title="Bill Hutchison">Bill Hutchison</a> (<a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Pianto" title="Peter Pianto">Peter Pianto</a> (<a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Des_Rowe" title="Des Rowe">Des Rowe</a> (<a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Whitten" title="Ted Whitten">Ted Whitten</a> (<a href="/wiki/Western_Bulldogs" title="Western Bulldogs">Footscray</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Wright_(footballer)" title="Roy Wright (footballer)">Roy Wright</a> (<a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a>)</li></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd 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