Ron Clegg

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Ron Clegg
Personal information
Date of birth17 November 1927
Original teamMelbourne Boys League
Debut1945, South Melbourne
Height/Weight183 cm / 84 kg
Playing career1

South Melbourne (1945-60)

  • 231 games, 156 goals
Coaching career

South Melbourne (1958-59)

  • 36 games, 15 wins, 21 losses
1 Playing statistics correct 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. p. 50. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X. 
  • AFL Hall of Fame


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