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Mark Jonathan Slater (11 July 1951 – 3 August 2024) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [2]Aged just 17, Slater made his VFL debut in Collingwood's round 10 win over Geelong at Victoria Park in the 1969 season. [3]
Fleming kicked the goal (again from a place-kick) and Geelong won the match 9.14 (68) to 9.11 (65). Because of the Fitzroy players’ interference while Fleming was in the process of making his second kick, the umpire had blown his whistle — and, if Fleming's kick had not scored a goal, he would have been allowed to make a third attempt:
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John Charles Robertson was born on 28 October 1894 in Geelong, Victoria. [1] He was the first child of George Robertson and Jessie Neilson and had two younger brothers (one of whom died young) and a sister. Robertson received his primary and secondary education in Geelong including at the Geelong College.
Keith Truscott. Since the inception of the Victorian Football League in 1897, many of its players have served in the armed services, including the Anglo–Boer War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War (in which Melbourne's Geoff Collins served as a fighter pilot), and the Vietnam War (in which Essendon's Keith Gent, Lindsay McGie, and Ian Payne, and Geelong's Wayne Closter all served).
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He was a Liberal Party senator for New South Wales from December 2017 to June 2019 and from November 2019 until his death in January 2023. During his military career, Molan commanded the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment , the 1st Brigade , the 1st Division and its Deployable Joint Force Headquarters, and the Australian Defence College .
Prior to playing with Geelong, Couch initially tried out with Fitzroy but was rejected for being too slow.. He was recruited from the Warrnambool Football Club and, though never blessed with pace and with a very "one-sided" left-foot kick, [2] he had the ability to make position and place his team to advantage throughout twelve (often knee injury–ridden) years.