Ken Rollason Explained

Ken Rollason
Fullname:	Kenneth Neville Cumstie Rollason
Birth Date:	12 July 1928
Birth Place:	Ballarat, Victoria
Death Place:	Malvern, Victoria
Originalteam:	Old Melburnians Football Club
Height:	193cm
Weight:	81kg
Statsend:	1950
Years1:	1949–50
Games Goals1:	11 (13)

Kenneth Neville Cumstie Rollason (12 July 1928 – 27 July 2017) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The second son of Geelong player Neville Rollason (1895-1976) and Mary Agnes (Maisie) Cumstie (1891-1958), Kenneth Rollason was born on 12 July 1928 at Ballarat, Victoria.^[2]

He married Valma Janet Johnson (1931-) on 2 May 1956.^[3]

Education

Educated at Melbourne Grammar School, and already a tall lad,^[4] he played his first match for the school's First XVIII at the age of 14.^[5]

Football

Old Melburnians (VAFA)

In 1948, while playing for the Old Melburnians Football Club (OMFC) in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA), he was selected in the Victorian team that played in Western Australia in the Third Amateur Football Carnival. Playing at full-back, he won the Grosvenor Medal, awarded to the Carnival's best and fairest player.^{[6] [7]}

Melbourne (VFL)

Although he was originally "residentially bound to St Kilda",^[8] he was cleared to Melbourne from Old Melburnians on 13 April 1949,^[9] having resided in Melbourne's allotted territory for three years.^[10]

He played in 11 senior games for Melbourne (kicking 13 goals) over two seasons (1949 and 1950).^{[11] [12] [13] [14]}

He left Melbourne halfway through the 1950 season when he made a business trip to England.^{[15] [16]}

Old Melburnians (VAFA)

He returned to Old Melburnians in 1953,^[17] and was still playing for them in 1957.^{[18] [19]} He was selected at full-back in the Old Melburnians Football Club's "Team of the Century".^[20]

Death

He died at the Frances Xavier Cabrini Hospital in Malvern, Victoria on 27 July 2017.^[21]

References

• Book: The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Holmesby. Russell. Main. Jim . 2009 . 8th . 978-1-921496-00-4 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria.
• Photograph, The Age, (Thursday, 18 August 1949), p.5.

External links

• • • Ken Rollason, at Demonwiki.

Notes and References

1. Holmesby & Main (2009), p.719.
2. News: Family Notices . The Argus . 25,564 . Victoria, Australia . 18 July 1928 . 1.
3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71800599 Woman's Page, The Argus, (Thursday, 3 May 1956), p.8.
4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article142419312 Melbourne Grammar School (photograph), The Australasian, (Saturday, 29 July 1944), p.22.
5. 'Old Boy', "In School and Out: Public Schools Football: A Stirring Contest", The Australasian, (Saturday, 15 July 1944), pp.20, 28.
6. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46928353 Medal Winner, The West Australian, Friday, 13 August 1948), p.25.
7. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/52645911 Refused £14 Week to Play in W.A., The (Launceston) Examiner, (Thursday, 19 August 1948), p.14.
8. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22551823 Cannon, Jack, "Umpires' Charges Not Sustained", The Argus, (Wednesday, 28 April 1948), p.16.
9. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22722629 Coleman Cleared to Essendon, The Argus, (14 April 1949), p.15.
10. Demonwiki.
11. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22822829 Taylor, Percy, "Melbourne's Search may be Over: Rollason Shines in New Position", The Argus, (Monday, 10 April 1950), p.15.
12. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article178603647 Rollason at Melbourne, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 15 April 1950), p.6.
13. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22822829 Rollason kicks Eleven Goals, The Argus, (Monday, 17 April 1950), p.16.
14. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article244162549 Melbourne's New Star Forward, The Herald, (Tuesday, 25 April 1950), p.18.
15. Demonwiki.
16. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22905651 Rollason Leaves, The Argus, (Friday, 11 August 1950), p.11.
17. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23239462 Big Test for New Teams, The Argus, (Saturday, 18 April 1953), p.12.
18. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71645242 What a Duel this will be!, The Argus, (Tuesday, 10 July 1956), p.15.
19. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cWEQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sZUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6969%2C2459190 Collegians' Bid to Change Amateur Lead, The Age, (Thursday, 18 July 1957), p.17.
20. https://www.omfc.com.au/history-omfc#important OMFC Team of the Century, "omfc.com.au.
21. Book: AFL Record Season 2018 . 9781865133430. Lovett, Michael . 1198.