Don Condon Explained

Don Condon
Fullname:Donald Roy Condon
Birth Date:12 March 1923
Birth Place:Melbourne, Victoria
Originalteam:Carlton Brewery
Height:171 cm
Weight:66 kg
Statsend:1951
Years1:1941
Club1:Brighton (VFA)
Games Goals1:20 (55)
Years2:1944–1951
Club2:North Melbourne
Games Goals2:131 (218)
Years3:1951
Club3:Brighton (VFA)
Games Goals3:13 (39)
Careerhighlights:

Donald Roy Condon (12 March 1923 – 15 February 1996)[1] was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League, (VFL).

Condon began his senior career in the throw-pass era Victorian Football Association with Brighton, playing there in 1941 and kicking 55 goals. Condon enlisted in the Australian Army in December 1941, serving for the remainder of the duration of World War II.[2]

In 1944 Condon moved to the VFL, trialling unsuccessfully with before joining North Melbourne. He played with North Melbourne for just over seven years from 1944 until May 1951, and won the Syd Barker Medal as North Melbourne Football Club's best player in 1946.[3] He returned to Brighton in May 1951 and played out the rest of the season there.

He was life member of the North Melbourne Football Club.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Don Condon – Player Bio . Australian Football. 21 November 2014.
  2. Web site: World War II Nominal Roll:CONDON, Donald Roy . Department of Veterans Affairs.
  3. https://news.google.com.au/newspapers?id=c78TAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QJcDAAAAIBAJ&dq=don-condon%20north-melbourne&pg=5434%2C3043521 North to alter constitution
  4. Web site: List of life members . 27 February 2010 . 23 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723193416/http://www.kangaroos.com.au/Portals/0/TrueNorth%20p74-75%20Life%20Members%20(Nov%2009).pdf . dead .