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Ron Kimberley

Image DOB: 15 July 1914
Died: 21 July 1981

Debut: Round 3, 1939 against St. Kilda at MCG
Last Game: Round 2, 1944 against Essendon at Windy Hill

From: Mystic Park/Sandhurst

Number: 21 (1939-1941), 1 (1944)

Honours
Premiership Player - 1939

Games: 15
Goals: 4
Career Statistics

WinsDrawsLossesWinning %
100566.66

Defender/on-baller who came into the 1939 Grand Final side as a replacement for the suspended Wally Lock. The premiership victory was just his 11th senior game. Kimberley played just four more matches, one each in 1940 and 1941 before returning in 1944 for two more. He had first come to the club when Melbourne scouts were at Sandhurst to interview another player and he asked if he could have a trial as well. He impressed and was signed.

He was restricted to one game in 1940 after suffering a hand injury. Kimberley was sought by South Melbourne in the 1941 pre-season but Melbourne refused to let him go. He played one more game that year, two in 1942, a year in which he was also linked to Williamstown, then returned for two more in 1944. Joined Port Melbourne without a clearance in August 1945, after Brunswick and North Melbourne had both been given permission to interview him earlier in the season.

YearGamesGoalsBrownlow
1939 1130
1940 110
1941 100
1942 2 00
1944200

Lists
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Notes
Some sources list him as from Golden Point

Media
Age - 03/04/1939
Herald - 19/04/1939
Sporting Globe - 31/05/1939
Age - 28/02/1941
Age - 07/03/1941
Williamstown Chronicle - 24/07/1942
Argus - 25/07/1945
Argus - 03/08/1945

Links
Australian Football profile
Boyles Football Photos
VFA Project profile
Wikipedia profile

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