Ron McCann
Ron McCann | |||
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![]() McCann in 1947 | |||
Personal information | |||
Full name | Ronald Charles George McCann | ||
Date of birth | 25 June 1913 | ||
Place of birth | Thornbury, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 15 February 1996 | (aged 82)||
Original team(s) | Castlemaine | ||
Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1936 | Collingwood | 1 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1936. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Ronald Charles George McCann (25 June 1913 – 15 February 1996) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Frank_Curcio_1.jpg/220px-Frank_Curcio_1.jpg)
Ron McCann (left) and Frank Curcio (former Fitzroy player) listening to a radio broadcast of the VFL Grand Final on an airfield at Noemfoor Island, Dutch New Guinea, September, 1944.
He served with the Australian military in Dutch New Guinea during World War II
References[]
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 565. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ron McCann. |
- Ron McCann's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Ron McCann's profile at Collingwood Forever
Categories:
- 1913 births
- 1996 deaths
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
- Collingwood Football Club players
- Castlemaine Football Club players
- Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II
- Australian rules biography, 1913 birth stubs