Ron Kneebone
Australian rules footballer
Australian rules footballer
| Ron George Kneebone | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Date of birth | 18th of March, 1937 | ||
| Place of birth | Maitland Hospital, South Australia | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1957–1967 | Norwood | 201 (86) | |
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| South Australia | 16 | ||
| 1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1967. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Source: AustralianFootball.com | |||
Ron Kneebone is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Norwood in the SANFL.[1] He was named as a half back flanker in the official Norwood 'Team of the Century'.
Kneebone debuted for Norwood in 1957 and was initially used up forward. Strong overhead, Kneebone was later pushed into defence and it was as a full back that he won the 1966 Magarey Medal. It was his second last league season and in 1967 he retired having played 201 games with Norwood and 16 interstate matches for South Australia.
References
External links
- Ron Kneebone at AustralianFootball.com
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Magarey Medal winners
- 1898: Green
- 1899: Malin
- 1900: not awarded
- 1901: Sandland
- 1902: MacKenzie
- 1903: Waye
- 1904: not awarded
- 1905: MacKenzie
- 1906: MacKenzie
- 1907: Mack
- 1908: Tierney
- 1909: R. Head
- 1910: Hosking
- 1911: Cumberland
- 1912: Low
- 1913: Leahy
- 1914: Ashley
- 1915: Barry/Hosking/Perry
- 1916–18: not awarded
- 1919: Moriarty
- 1920: Moriarty/Richardson
- 1921: Adams/Karney/Moriarty/Scott
- 1922: Barnes
- 1923: Riley
- 1924: Scott
- 1925: Bampton/Lill
- 1926: McGregor
- 1927: McGregor
- 1928: Handby
- 1929: Snell
- 1930: Scott
- 1931: Sexton
- 1932: Pontifex
- 1933: Dunn
- 1934: Johnston
- 1935: Cockburn
- 1936: McCallum
- 1937: Hawke
- 1938: Quinn
- 1939: McArthur/Pash
- 1940: Brock
- 1941: Boyall
- 1942–44: not awarded
- 1945: Quinn
- 1946: Hank
- 1947: Hank
- 1948: R. Phillips
- 1949: Crabb/R. Phillips
- 1950: McKay
- 1951: Marriott
- 1952: Fitzgerald
- 1953: Deane
- 1954: Fitzgerald
- 1955: L. Head
- 1956: Boyd
- 1957: Benton/Deane
- 1958: L. Head
- 1959: Fitzgerald
- 1960: Barbary
- 1961: Halbert
- 1962: Eustice
- 1963: L. Head
- 1964: Motley
- 1965: Window
- 1966: Kneebone
- 1967: Lindner/Obst
- 1968: Robran
- 1969: Phillis
- 1970: Robran
- 1971: R. Ebert
- 1972: Blight
- 1973: Robran
- 1974: R. Ebert
- 1975: Woite
- 1976: R. Ebert
- 1977: Trevor Grimwood
- 1978: Hodgeman
- 1979: Duckworth
- 1980: R. Ebert
- 1981: Aish
- 1982: McGuinness
- 1983: Antrobus
- 1984: Platten
- 1985: Fielke
- 1986: Anderson
- 1987: Jarman
- 1988: Whittlesea
- 1989: McAdam
- 1990: Hodges
- 1991: Naley
- 1992: Buckley
- 1993: B. Phillips
- 1994: McIntosh
- 1995: Kilpatrick/McIntosh
- 1996: Francou
- 1997: Atkinson/Jarman
- 1998: Osborn
- 1999: Squire
- 2000: Squire
- 2001: Brown/O'Connor
- 2002: Sheedy/Weatherald
- 2003: B. Ebert
- 2004: P. Thomas
- 2005: Clayton
- 2006: Backwell
- 2007: Allan
- 2008: Crane
- 2009: Archard/Ezard
- 2010: Allan
- 2011: Allan
- 2012: Cross/Symes
- 2013: M. Thomas
- 2014: Kirkwood
- 2015: Cross
- 2016: Kirkwood
- 2017: Grigg
- 2018: Grigg
- 2019: Partington
- 2020: Combe
- 2021: Gibbs/Tsitas
- 2022: Young
- 2023: Grant
The Magarey Medal has been awarded since 1898 to the "best and most brilliant" player in the South Australian National Football League and its various incarnations.
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