Allan Ruthven

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Allan Ruthven
Allan Ruthven

Allan Ruthven (16 April 1922–14 March 2003) was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League.

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[edit] Playing career

A left-footed rover nicknamed the ‘Baron’, he also coached Fitzroy Football Club.

In 1998 Ruthven was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.[1][2]

[edit] Career highlights

Playing career:

  • Fitzroy: 1940–1941, 1943–1954 (Games 222; Goals 442; Brownlow votes 97).[3]

Player honors:

  • Brownlow Medal: 1950.[4]
  • Fitzroy Best and Fairest: 1944, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949.[5]
  • Fitzroy club leading goalkicker: 1944, 1945, 1954.[5]
  • Fitzroy captain: 1948, 1950–1954.[5]
  • Fitzroy premiership: 1944
  • Fitzroy Team of the Century
  • Victorian representative: (17 games, 47 goals)

Coaching record:

  • Fitzroy 1952–1954 (57 games, 28 wins, 28 losses, 1 draw).

[edit] Passing

On 14 March 2003, 33 days short of his 81st birthday, Ruthven died after suffering a stroke at Wangaratta Hospital. He was burried at St Brigid's Catholic Church, Mulwala.[6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ross, John (1999). The Australian Football Hall of Fame. Australia: HarperCollinsPublishers, p. 116. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X. 
  2. ^ Fitzroy Football Club (2008). Fitzroy Members of the AFL Hall of Fame. Retrieved on 4 May 2008.
  3. ^ AFL Stats (2008). Fitzroy Players: Allan Ruthven. Retrieved on 4 May 2008.
  4. ^ AFL Stats (2008). Brownlow Medal Winners. Retrieved on 4 May 2008.
  5. ^ a b c Brisbane Lions (2008). Fitzroy Football Club Honour Board 1897-1996. Retrieved on 4 May 2008.
  6. ^ Sports Delivered (2003). Allan "The Baron" Ruthven - Fitzroy Great. Retrieved on 4 May 2008.
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