Rod McGregor

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Rod McGregor (born 19 October 1882; died 2 August 1962) was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League.

He was a wonderful centreman for the Carlton Football Club with the ability to find targets and elude opponents. He played in the 1906 and 1908 winning grand final sides and missed the 1907 premiership triumph over South Melbourne after breaking his nose in the previous week's semi final against St Kilda.[1]

Working on-air with Melbourne radio station 3AR at least as early as 1927, McGregor was a pioneer of football radio broadcasts.

In 1996 McGregor was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

Playing career:

Carlton 1905 to 1912, 1914 to 1920 (Games: 236 Goals: 26)

Player honors:

Premierships 1906, 1908, 1914, 1915
Victorian representative(3 games, 0 goals).

[edit] References

Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897-1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. ISBN 0-670-86814-0 (p.124)
Ross, J. (ed.), The Australian Football Hall of Fame, HarperCollinsPublishers, (Pymble), 1999. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X (p.94)

v • d • e 1906 Carlton Blues Premiership Players

Captain: Flynn \| Beck \| Bruce \| Caine \| Clark \| Elliott \| Gillespie \| Grace \| Hammond \| Jinks \| Johnson \| Kennedy \| Lang \| Little \| Marchbank \| McGregor \| Payne \| Topping Coach: Worrall

v • d • e 1908 Carlton Blues Premiership Players

Captain: Flynn \| Beck \| Bruce \| Clark \| Elliott \| Ford \| Gardiner \| Gotz \| Hammond \| Jinks \| Johnson \| Kelly \| Kennedy \| Lang \| Marchbank \| McGregor \| Payne \| Topping Coach: Worrall