Alby Rodda Explained

Alby Rodda
Fullname:Albert Rupert Joseph Rodda
Birth Date:8 September 1920
Birth Place:Eaglehawk, Victoria
Death Date:[1]
Death Place:Myrtleford, Victoria
Originalteam:State Savings Bank[2]
Height:166 cm
Weight:80 kg
Statsend:1950
Years1:1939–1950
Club1:Melbourne
Games Goals1:131 (142)
Careerhighlights:

Albert Rupert Joseph Rodda (8 September 1920  - 15 May 2002) was an Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Rodda played 50 odd games with the State Savings Bank Football Club in the Amateurs prior to joining Melbourne.[3] He was a member of the Melbourne's VFL premiership teams in 1939, 1940 and 1948.[4] Rodda was a member of Melbourne's 1946 losing VFL grand final team and was Melbourne's best player in the 1948 drawn VFL grand final.[5]

Rodda coached Myrtleford in the Ovens & Murray Football League from 1951 to 1954, and was runner up in the 1955 O&MFL best and fairest award, the Morris Medal in 1955.[6] Rodda then coached Bright in the Ovens & King Football League in 1956 and 1957 and won the club best and fairest in 1957 too.[7]

Rodda also served in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War Two.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Obituary in the Herald Sun, 16 May 2002
  2. The Argus,"La Fontaine or Truscott", 18 March 1938, p. 18
  3. Web site: 1938 - COLLEGIANS FAVORED AGAINST BANK . The Herald (Melbourne, Vic) . 14 November 2021 . 18 . 8 July 1938.
  4. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/12685233 Taylor, Percy, "Melbourne are Proud of their Great War Record", The Australasian, (Saturday, 24 June 1944), p.23.
  5. Web site: 1948 - DONS SCORE 7-27 IN LEAGUE DRAW . The Herald (Melbourne, Vic) . 14 November 2021 . 20 . 2 October 1948.
  6. Web site: Ovens & Murray FNL - Morris Medalists . O&MFNL . 12 November 2021.
  7. Web site: Bright FNC - Best & Fairest . Bright FNC . 5 November 2021.
  8. Web site: World War Two Service . Australian Government . Department of Veteran Affairs.