Ivor McIvor

Ivor McIvor
Personal information
Full name Ivor Thomas McIvor
Date of birth (1917-09-16)16 September 1917
Place of birth North Fitzroy, Victoria
Date of death 3 April 1997(1997-04-03) (aged 79)
Original team(s) Don Rovers
Height/Weight 187 cm / 94 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1940, 1944–46
1946–48
1949–50
1951		 Essendon
Camberwell
Brunswick
Euroa		 12 (9)
Coaching career
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
1949–50
1951		 Brunswick
Euroa
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1946 season.
Career highlights

Ivor Thomas McIvor (16 September 1917 – 3 April 1997) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

McIvor, a key position player, came to Essendon from local side Don Rovers.[2] He played two games late in the 1940 VFL season, then didn't reappear in league football until 1944 due to the war.[3] During the conflict, McIvor served in the Middle East and New Guinea.[2][4] He returned to the VFL in round 17 of the 1944 season and kept his spot in the side for round 18 and both of Essendon's finals, including a preliminary final.[3] McIvor's six other appearances for Essendon all came in 1946, a year he would finish in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), after moving to Camberwell mid-season, without a clearance.[3][5]

Despite limited appearances, McIvor was second in Camberwell's 1946 best and fairest award and was also runner-up in the VFL seconds best and fairest, from just four games with Essendon earlier in the year.[6][7] McIvor played in Camberwell's seven-point loss to Sandringham in the 1946 VFA Grand Final.[8] He remained with Camberwell in 1947 and was appointed club captain in the 1948 VFA season.[2][9] His performances in 1948 were good enough for him to finish fifth in the J. J. Liston Trophy.[10]

In 1949 and 1950, McIvor was captain-coach of VFA club Brunswick.[2][11] He won Brunswick's best and fairest award in the 1949 VFA season.[12] Late in the 1950 season, McIvor played a part in a controversial finish against his former club Camberwell. Brunswick trailed by a point when the bell rung, but the umpire didn't hear it ring and 15 seconds later McIvor kicked a goal, which gave his side a five-point win.[13] A protest by Camberwell was successful and the VFA declared the game as having "no result".[14]

He captain-coached the Euroa Football Club in 1951 and took them to the grand final, which they lost to Mansfield.[15][16]

References

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "McIvor, Ivor T.". Essendon Football Club website. (archived)
  3. 1 2 3 "Ivor McIvor". AFL Tables.
  4. ↑ "WW2 Nominal Roll". Government of Australia.
  5. ↑ "MclVOR'S PERMIT TOVFA.". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 27 June 1946. p. 13. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "Bradford Camberwell's Best.". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library). 6 December 1946. p. 12. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  7. ↑ "McLeod (F'scray) 2nds Best and Fairest.". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library). 6 September 1946. p. 13. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  8. ↑ "SANDRINGHAM'S FIRST VFA PREMIERSHIP.". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library). 7 October 1946. p. 13. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  9. ↑ "SPORT HIGHLIGHTS.". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library). 1 April 1948. p. 12. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  10. ↑ "Brighton Rover Is best And Fairest In V F A.". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library). 14 September 1948. p. 12. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  11. ↑ "McIVOR AGAIN SOUGHT BY BRUNSWICK.". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library). 20 April 1949. p. 24. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  12. ↑ "McIVOR BRUNSWICK BEST AND FAIREST.". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library). 27 September 1949. p. 18. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  13. ↑ "Goal After Final Bell Alleged.". The Daily News (Perth: National Library). 24 August 1950. p. 19. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  14. ↑ Jack Oates (30 August 1950). "Brunswick win "no game", V.F.A. declares". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne). p. 29.
  15. ↑ "Geelong player trains at Port.". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library). 24 March 1951. p. 11. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  16. ↑ "Football.". Alexandra Standard (Vic.: National Library). 7 September 1951. p. 3. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
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