Ron Hovey

Ron Hovey
Personal information
Birth	25 August 1932
Recruited from	St Brendans Shepparton
Height and weight	179 cm / 79 kg
Playing career¹
Team(s)	Geelong (1951-60) 141 games, 25 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 1960 season
Career highlights
Geelong premiership player 1951,52 3 time VFL interstate representative

Ron Hovey OAM (born 25 August 1932) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the VFL.

Hovey was a regular in the Geelong backline during the 1950s and would sometimes push into the midfield. He finished equal 7th in the 1959 Brownlow Medal and captained the club in 1960.

He served as President of Geelong Football Club from 1988 until 1998.

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Ron Hovey's statistics from AFL Tables

Sporting positions
Preceded by Neil Trezise	Geelong Football Club captain 1960	Succeeded by Colin Rice
Preceded by W. Bannon	Geelong Football Club president 1988 – 1998	Succeeded by Frank Costa

Geelong Football Club 1951/1952 VFL Premiers

Captain: 10. Flanagan \| 1. Morrison \| 2. Middlemiss \| 4. Davis \| 6. Pianto \| 7. McMaster \| 8. Renfrey \| 9. Turner \| 11. Smith \| 16/12. Hovey \| 37/16. Hyde \| 18. Goninon \| 25. Worner \| 28. Trezise \| 30. Norman \| 33. Fulton

Coach: Hickey

Captains of the Geelong Football Club

1897–1899: Conway • 1900: Burns • 1901–1909: Young • 1910–1913: Eason • 1914–1915: Orchard • 1917: Marsham • 1918: Kearney • 1919: Kearney/Eason • 1920: Eason • 1921–1922: Craven • 1923: B. Rankin • 1924: Hagger • 1925–1927: C. Rankin • 1928: Fitzmaurice • 1929–1930: Coghlan • 1931: Baker • 1932–1940: Hickey • 1941: Arklay • 1944: Butcher • 1945: Butcher/White • 1946: Grant • 1947: Gniel • 1948: White • 1949: Fitzgerald/Morrow • 1950: White/Smith • 1951–1953: Flanagan • 1954: Smith/Flanagan • 1955–1958: Davis • 1959: Trezise • 1960: Hovey/Rice • 1961–1962: Yeates • 1963–1964: Wooler • 1965–1967: Farmer • 1968–1971: Goggin • 1972: Wade • 1973: Ainsworth • 1974–1975: Newman • 1976–1977: B. Nankervis • 1978–1981: I. Nankervis • 1982: Peake • 1983: I. Nankervis • 1984–1986: Turner • 1987–1989: Bourke • 1990–1991: Bews • 1992–1994: Bairstow • 1995: Ablett/Hinkley/Hocking/Stoneham • 1996: Ablett/Stoneham • 1997–1998: Stoneham • 1999: Hocking/Colbert • 2000–2002: Graham • 2003–2006: King • 2007–2009: Harley • 2010–2011: Ling

Persondata
Name	Hovey, Ron
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	25 August 1932
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Date of death
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