Cec Ruddell

Cec Ruddell
Personal information
Full name	Cecil Ruddell
Date of birth	(1917-05-23)23 May 1917
Date of death	10 December 1990(1990-12-10) (aged 73)
Original team	Northcote (VFA)
Height/Weight	182 cm / 81 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1940–1949	Essendon	122 (0)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1945, 1946	Essendon	2 (0-2-0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 1949 season.
Career highlights
Essendon premiership player: 1942 & 1946

Cecil A. "Cec" Ruddell (23 May 1917 – 10 December 1990) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s.

Ruddell was a key player in Essendon's defence in what was a strong decade for the club, just once in his nine seasons did they miss out on the finals. Usually a fullback, it was in that position that he played in the Bomber's 1942 and 1946 premiership sides. He filled in as coach of Essendon for a game in 1945 and another the following season. An ankle injury ended his VFL career. He was later captain-coach of Camberwell in the Victorian Football Association for two seasons.

References

Cec Ruddell's statistics from AFL Tables
Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
Cec Ruddell's profile at the Essendon Football Club

Essendon Football Club 1942 VFL Premiers

Essendon 19.18 (132) defeated Richmond 11.13 (79), at Princes Park

Captain: 3. D. Reynolds 1. Coward 4. Exelby 5. Caesar 6. Hird 7. Hutchison 8. Plummer 10. Dearle 14. Leehane 15. Buttsworth 19. Cassin 20. Torney 21. Ruddell 22. Lane 25. Abbott 28. Silk 29. T. Reynolds 30. Flanigan 35. Bushby

Coach: D. Reynolds

Essendon Football Club 1946 VFL Premiers

Essendon 22.18 (150) defeated Melbourne 13.9 (87), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Captain: 3. Reynolds 1. Tonkes 2. Rawle 5. H. Lambert 6. Hassell 7. Hutchison 13. Harper 14. C. Lambert 15. Buttsworth 18. Gardiner 19. Cassin 20. Pearson 21. Ruddell 22. Lane 23. Brittingham 24. Jones 25. Abbott 31. McClure 32. Equid 35. Bushby

Coach: Reynolds

Captains of the Essendon Football Club

1897–1900: Stuckey
1901–1902: Collins
1903–1904: Anderson
1904: Gavin
1905: Robinson
1906: J. McKenzie
1907–1909: Griffith
1910: Belcher
1911: Smith
1912–1915: Belcher
1918: Baring
1919: Belcher
1920–1921: Ogden
1922–1924: Barker
1925–1928: Maher
1929–1930: Beckton
1931–1933: Campbell
1934–1935: Forbes
1936–1937: Baggott
1937: Forbes
1938: Webster
1939–1950: Reynolds
1951–1957: Hutchison
1958–1964: Clarke
1965–1968: Fraser
1969: D. McKenzie
1970–1971: Davis
1972–1975: Tuddenham
1976: Moss
1977–1979: Fletcher
1980–1981: Madden
1982: N. Daniher
1983–1988: T. Daniher
1989–1991: T. Watson
1992–1995: Thompson
1996–1997: O'Donnell
1998–1999: Hird
1999: Long
2000–2005: Hird
2006–2009: Lloyd
2010–: J. Watson

Coaches of the Essendon Football Club

1908–1909: Smith 1910: Belcher 1911–1915; 1918–1920:* Worrall 1920–1921: Ogden 1922: Gravenall 1922–1924: Barker 1925–1927: Maher 1928–1930: Hardy 1931–1933: Campbell 1934–1935: May 1936–1939: Baggott 1939: Reynolds/Hunter 1939–1960: Reynolds 1941: Griggs 1944: Plummer 1945; 1946: Ruddell 1959: Thaw 1961–1967: Coleman 1965: Sewell 1968–1970: Clarke 1971: Birt 1972–1975: Tuddenham 1976–1977: Stephen 1978–1980: Davis 1981–2007: Sheedy 2006: O'Donnell 2008–2010: Knights 2011–2013: Hird 2013: Goodwin 2014: Thompson 2015–: Hird

Essendon did not participate in the VFL from 1916–1917 due to World War I Italics* denote caretaker coach