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Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer
Neale Rutzou
Personal information
Full name Neale Kemp Rutzou
Date of birth (1927-07-30)30 July 1927
Place of birth Corowa, New South Wales
Date of death 26 April 1984(1984-04-26) (aged 56)
Place of death Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Original team(s) Wagga Wagga
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
1950 Geelong 2 (0)
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1950.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Neale Kemp Rutzou (30 July 1927 – 26 April 1984) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Rutzou, a professional runner from Wagga Wagga, made two appearances for Geelong in the 1950 VFL season. He debuted in Geelong's 80 point opening round win over Hawthorn at Glenferrie Oval and played again the following week, when Geelong defeated Footscray at Kardinia Park, by 33 points.

A defender, Rutzou was then kept out of the side with a broken finger and returned to Wagga Wagga mid-season.

Rutzou was runner up in the 1950 Albury & District Football League best and fairest award, the Baz Medal, with Wagga Tigers, who lost the grand final to Culcairn.

References

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  2. "Neale Rutzou - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  3. "Gunnedah Runner Wins Canberra Gift". The Canberra Times. ACT. 14 March 1949. p. 3. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  4. "Hawthorn v Geelong - Sat, 22-Apr-1950 2:15 PM - Match Stats". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  5. "Geelong v Footscray - Sat, 29-Apr-1950 2:15 PM - Match Stats". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  6. "Angles on Riverina . . . Sport . . ". Daily Advertiser. Wagga Wagga, NSW. 12 July 1950. p. 10. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  7. "1954 - H. GARDINER WINS BAZ MEDAL FOR BEST & FAIREST". The Observer (Henty, NSW). 13 August 1954. p. 8. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  8. "1954 - A & D GRAND FINAL WAS ONE SIDED". Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, NSW). 6 September 1954. p. 6. Retrieved 4 February 2022.

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