Rod Austin

Rod Austin
Personal information
Full name	Rod Austin
Date of birth	(1953-01-26) 26 January 1953
Original team(s)	Holy Child/St Dominic's
Height/Weight	180 cm / 80 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1972–1985	Carlton	220 (20)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1989–1990	Fitzroy	44 (19–25–0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 1990 season.

Rod Austin (born 26 January 1953) is a former Australian rules footballer who played as a defender for the Carlton Blues from 1972 until 1985.

Austin won a premiership with Carlton in 1979 and after retiring as a player he became a coach. He started his coaching career with Footscray Reserves, leading them to the premiership in 1988. The following season he coached Fitzroy and remained at the club until the end of 1990.

On 16 January 2001, Austin was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for services to Australian Football.^[1]

References

↑ "Rod Austin". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 5 January 2012.

External links

Rod Austin's statistics from AFL Tables

Carlton Football Club 1979 VFL Premiers

Carlton 11.16 (82) defeated Collingwood 11.11 (77), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Captain: 25. Jesaulenko 3. Fitzpatrick 5. Sheldon 7. Johnston 8. Keogh 11. Doull 12. Armstrong 16. Buckley 19. Young 20. Southby 21. Austin 22. Klomp 28. Jones 33. McConville 34. Marcou 36. Maclure 37. Harmes 41. Brown 43. McKay 47. Francis

Coach: Jesaulenko

Coaches of the Fitzroy Football Club

1911–1912: Moriarty 1913–1915: Parratt 1916–1919: Holden 1919: Melling 1920–1921: Parratt 1922–1924: Belcher 1925: Lethbridge 1926–1927: Belcher 1928: Rattray 1929: Ringrose 1929: Freake 1930–1931: Niven 1932–1933: Maher 1934: Wigraft 1934: Cashman 1935: Rowe 1936: Bunton 1937–1939: Rattray 1940–1942: Minogue 1943–1947: Hughson 1945: Hillard 1948: Cameron 1949–1951: N. Smith 1952–1954: Ruthven 1955–1957: Stephen 1956: Curcio 1958–1962: L. Smith 1961: Edwards 1963–1964: Murray 1963: Clark 1964: Williams 1965–1970: Stephen 1968: Slocum 1971–1974: Donaldson 1974: Campbell 1975–1977: Rose 1978: Campbell 1979–1980: Stephen 1981–1985: Walls 1986–1988: Parkin 1989–1990: Austin 1991–1994: Shaw 1995: Quinlan 1995: McConnell 1996: Nunan 1996: McConnell

Italics denote caretaker coach

Victorian 2nd XVIII team – 1991 State of Origin

Victoria 17.14 (116) defeated Tasmania 14.20 (104), at North Hobart Oval, 28 May 1991 Queensland 23.14 (152) defeated Victoria 15.8 (108), at The Gabba, 16 July 1991

Both games	German Lovett McMullin Morris Phillips Sholl Stephens (c) Stynes

vs. Tasmania	Alvin Arceri Burke Eppelstun Free Hanna Hinkley Knights Larkin Liberatore Madden Somerville Turner Wallis

vs. Queensland	Condon Cordy Dean Gleeson Hogg Jencke Kerrison McKeown Naish Rock Royal Simpson J. Wynd S. Wynd

Coach: Austin

Victorian team – 1995 State of Origin

Ablett (c) Bayes Boyd Burke Campbell Christou Couch Harvey Hocking Kellaway Knights Lockett Loewe Lyon Mansfield Monkhorst Neitz O'Donnell Schwass Silvagni Stevens Stynes

Coach: Austin

Victorian team – 1996 State of Origin

Archer Barnes Burke Christou Colbert Grant Harvey Hocking Kellaway Lappin Loewe Mansfield McKernan Mercuri O'Donnell Pickering Ratten Riccardi Sexton Silvagni (c) Stevens Williams

Coach: Austin

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