Neville Broderick

Neville Broderick
Personal information
Date of birth 10 April 1927
Date of death 17 February 1994(1994-02-17) (aged 66)
Original team(s) St Josephs, Collingwood
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1949–1951 Collingwood 24 (3)
1952–1954 Fitzroy 50 (3)
Total 74 (6)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1954.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Neville Broderick (10 April 1927 – 17 February 1994)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Early career

Broderick was a defender and spent three seasons at Collingwood. He crossed to Fitzroy in 1952 and won their Best and fairest in his debut season with the club. [2]

Tasmania

In 1955 Broderick moved to Tasmania being cleared to Wynyard to take on the role of captain-coach. [3] He also won that club's Best and Fairest award in 1958. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Neville Broderick". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "Broderick Wins Fitzroy Award". The Age (30,393). Victoria, Australia. 26 September 1952. p. 14. Retrieved 26 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "Fitzroy stars off to bad start". The Argus (Melbourne). Victoria, Australia. 2 March 1955. p. 30. Retrieved 26 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ The Advocate, 24 September 1958


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