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Australian rules footballer (1938–2019)

Australian rules footballer
John Waddington
Personal information
Full name John Waddington
Date of birth (1938-05-24)24 May 1938
Date of death 6 July 2019(2019-07-06) (aged 81)
Original team(s) South Bendigo
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
1958–1966 North Melbourne 132 (30)
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1966.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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

Waddington, a half forward, grew up in Bendigo, and played for South Bendigo. He topped the Bendigo Football League goal-kicking in 1957, winning the Bob Chappell Medal with 72 goals.

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

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.

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

He was later playing coach of Morningside in Brisbane, Queensland. He also coached Gold Coast team, Palm Beach Currumbin.

References

  1. "RIP John Waddington".
  2. ^ AFL Tables: John Waddington
  3. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  4. The Age,"Waddington for Benalla", 31 October 1966, p. 16
  5. "O&MFNL - Morris Medal". Ovens & Murray FNL. Archived from the original on 31 October 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  6. "Morningside". Full Points Footy. Archived from the original on 23 November 2002.

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