Life Member
Inducted 2012
#47
Nickname Handball
Games 220
AUFC 1962 The Brebner Trophy – Best Team Man A2 Reserve
1966 C.H.Meyer Trophy – “The Dedicated Footballer with the True Amateur Spirit”
1969 J.G.Martin Trophy – 200 Games
AU Sport 1963 Club Letters
SAAFL 1963 A2 Reserve Tideman Medal
1964 A3 Reserve Pfitzner Medal
1965 A3 Reserve Pfitzner Medal
Premiership 1964 A3 Reserve
Runner-up 1963 A1 Reserve
1965 A3 Reserve
Service 1960 -1970
Played as follows –
1960 – 1961 A2
1962 – 1963 A2 Reserve
1964 – 1965 A3 Reserve
1966 – 1968 A2 (with occasional A1 games)
1969 A2/A3
1970 A3
Captain 1962 – 1963 Captain (Coach?) A2 Reserve
1964 – 1965 Captain (Coach?) A3 reserve
Assistant Secretary 1964
1969 The second Blacks’ player to play 200 games, after his great friend “Chesty” Hyde achieved this milestone.
“He was a specialist centreman after the 1962 season and his nickname ‘Handball’ was earned long before this art became a vital part of the game.”