John_Waddington_(footballer)

John Waddington (footballer)

John Waddington (footballer)

Australian rules footballer (1938–2019)

John Waddington (24 May 1938 – 6 July 2019) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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Waddington, a half forward, originally from Beaufort, tried out with Melbourne in 1957,[2] then topped the Bendigo Football League goal-kicking in 1957, with 72 goals for South Bendigo.

The following year he arrived at North Melbourne and played all possible 20 games in his debut season.[3] This included their four-point semi final win over Fitzroy, in which he contributed three goals.[3]

He remained a regular fixture in the team for the next eight years, mostly as a defender. It was as a centre half-back that he was selected for the Victorian interstate side in 1964.[4]

At the end of the 1966 season he left North Melbourne to become senior captain-coach of Benalla in the Ovens & Murray Football League.[5] He won the 1968 O&MFL Morris Medal.[6]

He later played with Morningside in Queensland.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    "RIP John Waddington".
  2. [2]
    "1957 - Preem seeks W.A. permit". The Age. 29 March 1957. p. 11. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  3. [3]
    AFL Tables: John Waddington
  4. [4]
    Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  5. [5]
    The Age,"Waddington for Benalla", 31 October 1966, p. 16
  6. [6]
    "O&MFNL - Morris Medal". Ovens & Murray FNL. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  7. [7]
    "Morningside". Full Points Footy.
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