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Don Wilks

Don Wilks

Australian rules footballer, born 1917

Don Wilks (9 August 1917 – 18 November 1983) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

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Wilks coached Echuca to the 1946 Echuca Football League premiership.[2] [3]

Wilks coached Auburn to three successive premierships from 1947 to 1949.

He coached North Albury Football Club in 1950 in the Ovens and Murray Football League,[4] losing the grand final to Wangaratta.

In 1951 and 1952, Wilks coached Maryborough in the Ballarat Football League. [5]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 951. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. [2]
    "1946 - Echuca FL - Grand Final match review". Independent. The Deniliquin Independent. 10 October 1946. p. 8. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  3. [3]
    "1946 - Echuca FL - Grand Final match review". Riverine Herald. The Riverine Herald. 7 October 1946. p. 1. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  4. [4]
    "1950 - Wilks at North Albury". Riverine Herald. The Riverine Herald. 17 March 1950. p. 1. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  5. [5]
    "1951 - Wilks coach of Maryborough". Riverine Herald. The Riverine Herald. 30 January 1951. p. 2. Retrieved 3 September 2020.


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