Ron Clegg

Ron Clegg
Personal information
Birth	17 November 1927
Recruited from	Melbourne Boys League
Height and weight	183 cm / 84 kg
Playing career¹
Team(s)	South Melbourne (1945-60) 231 games, 156 goals
Coaching career¹
Team(s)	South Melbourne (1958-59) 36 games, 15 wins, 21 losses
¹ Statistics to end of 1959 season
Career highlights
Brownlow Medal 1949 Runner Up Brownlow Medal 1951 South Melbourne Best & Fairest 1948, 1949, 1951 South Melbourne captain 1953-1954, 1957-1960 South Melbourne/Sydney Swans Team of the Century Victorian representative (15 games, 7 goals)

Ron "Smokey" Clegg (17 November 1927 – 23 August 1990) was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League.

A brilliant key position player at either centre half-forward or centre half-back, he was awarded the Brownlow Medal in 1949 while playing with the then South Melbourne Football Club. He won the club's Best and Fairest award three times.

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

References

Ross, John (1999). The Australian Football Hall of Fame. Australia: HarperCollinsPublishers. pp. 50. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X.
AFL Hall of Fame

Captains of the South Melbourne Football Club/Sydney Swans

1897–1898: Fraser • 1899: Adamson • 1900: Windley • 1901: Trim • 1902: Windley • 1903: Fogarty • 1904–1905: McGee • 1906: Howson • 1907–1908: Dolphin • 1909: Ricketts • 1910–1911: Thomas • 1912: Ricketts • 1913: H. Kelly • 1914–1915; 1917:* Belcher • 1918–1919: Caldwell • 1920: Belcher • 1921: Willis • 1922: Tandy • 1923–1925: P. Scanlan • 1926–1927: Pannam • 1928: J. Scanlan • 1929: Stanbridge • 1930–1931: J. Scanlan • 1932: Leonard • 1933–1936: Bisset • 1937: Nash • 1938–1945: Matthews • 1946–1948: Graham • 1949: Lucas • 1950–1952: Lane • 1953–1954: Clegg • 1955: Gunn • 1956: Gillett • 1957–1960: Clegg • 1961–1971: Skilton • 1972: Rantall • 1973–1976: Bedford • 1977–1979: Quade • 1980–1983: Round • 1984: Round/Browning • 1985: Browning • 1986–1992: Carroll • 1993–2002: P. Kelly • 2003–2005: Maxfield • 2006–2007: Hall/Kirk/Barry • 2008: Hall/Barry/Bolton • 2009–2010: Bolton/Goodes/Kirk • 2011: Goodes/McVeigh

*South Melbourne did not participate in the VFL in 1916 due to World War I

Coaches of the South Melbourne Football Club/Sydney Swans

1909: Ricketts • 1910–1911: Thomas • 1912: Ricketts • 1913: Kelly • 1914–1917: Belcher • 1918–1919: Elms/Howson • 1920: Hiskins • 1921: Wood • 1922: Cazaly • 1923–1928: Pannam • 1929: Caldwell • 1929: Fleiter • 1930–1931: Scanlan • 1932: Leonard • 1933–1936: Bisset • 1935: Diggins • 1937–1938: Cazaly • 1939: Matthews • 1940: Baggott • 1941–1944: Kelly • 1945–1948: Adams • 1948–1949: Hale • 1950–1952: Lane • 1953: Nash • 1954–1957: Matthews • 1958–1959: Clegg • 1960–1961: Faul • 1962–1964: McMahen • 1965–1966: Skilton • 1965: Lahiff • 1967–1968: Miller • 1969–1972: Smith • 1973–1975: John • 1976–1977: Stewart • 1978: Tuddenham • 1979–1981: Stewart • 1982–1984: Quade • 1984: Franklin • 1984: Hammond • 1985: Northey • 1986–1988: Hafey • 1989–1991: Kinnear • 1992–1993: Buckenara • 1993: Scott • 1993–1995: Barassi • 1996–2002: Eade • 2002–2010: Roos • 2011–: Longmire

Italics denote caretaker coach

Brownlow Medal winners

1924: Greeves • 1925: Watson • 1926: Warne-Smith • 1927: Coventry • 1928: Warne-Smith • 1929: Collier • 1930: Judkins • 1931: Bunton • 1932: Bunton • 1933: Smallhorn • 1934: Reynolds • 1935: Bunton • 1936: Ryan • 1937: Reynolds • 1938: Reynolds • 1939: Whelan • 1940: Matthews, Fothergill • 1941: Ware • 1946: Cordner • 1947: Deacon • 1948: Morris • 1949: Clegg, Austen • 1950: Ruthven • 1951: Smith • 1952: Wright, Hutchison • 1953: Hutchison • 1954: Wright • 1955: Goldsmith • 1956: Box • 1957: Gleeson • 1958: Roberts • 1959: Skilton, Howell • 1960: Schultz • 1961: James • 1962 Lord • 1963: Skilton • 1964: Collis • 1965: Stewart • 1966: Stewart • 1967: Smith • 1968: Skilton • 1969: Murray • 1970: Bedford • 1971: Stewart • 1972: Thompson • 1973: Greig • 1974: Greig • 1975: Dempsey • 1976: Moss • 1977: Teasdale • 1978: Blight • 1979: Moore • 1980: Templeton • 1981: Quinlan, Round • 1982: Wilson • 1983: Glendinning • 1984: Moore • 1985: Hardie • 1986: DiPierdomenico, Williams • 1987: Lockett, Platten • 1988: Healy • 1989: Couch • 1990: Liberatore • 1991: Stynes • 1992: Wynd • 1993: Wanganeen • 1994: Williams • 1995: Kelly • 1996: Hird, Voss • 1997: Harvey • 1998: Harvey • 1999: Crawford • 2000: Woewodin • 2001: Akermanis • 2002: Black • 2003: Buckley, Ricciuto, Goodes • 2004: Judd • 2005: Cousins • 2006: Goodes • 2007: Bartel • 2008: Cooney • 2009: Ablett, Jr. • 2010: Judd • 2011: Swan

Bob Skilton Medal • Sydney Swans Best and Fairest Winners

1927: McKay • 1928: Stanbridge • 1929: Wheelahan • 1930: Hillis • 1931: Thomas • 1932: Faul • 1933: Clarke • 1934: Brain • 1935: Hillis • 1936: Matthews • 1937: Matthews • 1938: Thomas • 1939: Matthews • 1940: Matthews • 1941: Ritchie • 1942: Cleary • 1943: Matthews • 1944: Cleary • 1945: Graham • 1946: W. Williams • 1947: W. Williams • 1948: Clegg • 1949: Clegg • 1950: W. Williams • 1951: Clegg • 1952: Schaefer • 1953: Taylor • 1954: Lane • 1955: Gillett • 1956: Dorgan • 1957: Taylor • 1958: Skilton • 1959: Skilton • 1960: Johnson • 1961: Skilton • 1962: Skilton • 1963: Skilton • 1964: Skilton • 1965: Skilton • 1966: Papley • 1967: Skilton • 1968: Skilton • 1969: Bedford • 1970: Bedford • 1971: Bedford • 1972: Cook • 1973: Bedford • 1974: Goss • 1975: Bedford • 1976: Quade • 1977: Teasdale • 1978: Murphy • 1979: Round • 1980: Ackerly • 1981: Round • 1982: Ackerly • 1983: Browning • 1984: Evans • 1985: Wright • 1986: Healy • 1987: Healy • 1988: Healy • 1989: Bayes • 1990: Wright • 1991: Mitchell • 1992: Kelly • 1993: Kelly • 1994: Cresswell • 1995: Lockett • 1996: Kelly • 1997: Kelly • 1998: O'Loughlin • 1999: Schwass • 2000: Schuable • 2001: P. Williams • 2002: P. Williams • 2003: Goodes • 2004: Hall • 2005: Kirk • 2006: Goodes • 2007: Kirk • 2008: McVeigh • 2009: O'Keefe • 2010: Jack • 2011: Goodes

Persondata
Name	Clegg, Ron
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer and coach
Date of birth	17 November 1927
Place of birth
Date of death	1990
Place of death