George Moloney

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George "Specka" Moloney (7 August 1909–5 January 1983) was a highly-regarded Australian rules footballer in both the West Australian Football League and the (then) Victorian Football League.

George Moloney was a highly successful goalkicker in the WAFL and VFL, as well as winning a Sandover Medal in 1936.

Moloney had a formidable reputation as a centre, but more often played a key forward. Playing for Claremont Football Club in the WAFL, he won the Sandover Medal in 1936 as the league's fairest and best player. In 1938, he led Claremont to its first-ever premiership, and repeated the feat in the next two seasons.

In 1996, Moloney was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame and in 2004 he was inducted into the WA Football Hall of Fame

[edit] Career highlights

Claremont 1927-1930, 1936-1941, 1945 (190 games, 647 goals)
Geelong 1931-1935 (88 games, 303 goals)
Sandover Medallist 1936
Leading goalkicker, Western Australia 1940 (113 goals)
Leading goalkicker, VFL 1932 (109 goals)
Runner up Brownlow Medal 1932
Claremont Premiership Captain 1938, 1939, 1940
Claremont coach 1943-1945, 1948-1951
Geelong Premiership player 1931
Western Australia representative 11 matches
Victorian representative 1 match
Western Australia Coach 1958, 1959

[edit] References

Ross, John (1999). The Australian Football Hall of Fame. Australia: HarperCollinsPublishers, p. 100. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X.
AFL Hall of Fame

v • d • e 1931 Geelong Cats Premiership Players

Captain: Baker \| Carney \| Coghlan \| Collins \| Evans \| Greeves \| L. Hardiman \| P. Hardiman \| Hickey \| Lamb \| McDonald \| Metherell \| Moloney \| Quinn \| Todd \| Troughton \| Walker \| Williams \| Reserve: Mockridge Coach: Clymo