Gordon Lane

Gordon Lane
Personal information
Date of birth	30 May 1921
Date of death	21 July 1973(1973-07-21) (aged 52)
Original team	Essendon United
Height/Weight	187cm / 91 kg
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1940-1949 1950-1952 Total -	Essendon South Melbourne	131 (256) 047 0(94) 178 (350)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1950-1952	South Melbourne	55 (24-29-2)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1952 season.
Career highlights
Essendon premiership player 1942, 1946 & 1949 South Melbourne leading goalkicker 1950 & 1952

Gordon 'Whopper' Lane (30 May 1921 – 21 July 1973) was an Australian rules footballer who represented the Essendon and South Melbourne in the VFL. He played as a forward with a strong overhead mark and was rated by Jack Dyer in 1946 as 'the best centre half forward in the game'.

He is best remembered for his performances in Essendon's Grand Finals of the 1940s. In the 1942 final he kicked six goals and in 1946 kicked seven.

Lane missed out on a chance to play in another Grand Final in 1947 due to him breaking his ribs in the preliminary final. He was injured again the following season, this time it was his knee and he moved to South Melbourne in 1950 where he would be both captain and coach for three years.

External links

• Profile at Essendonfc.com.au
• Fullpointsfooty profile of Gordon Lane