John Waddington (footballer)
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| Full name | John Waddington | ||
| Date of birth | 24 May 1938 | ||
| Original team(s) | South Bendigo | ||
| Height/Weight | 183 cm / 80 kg | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1958-1966 | North Melbourne | 132 (30) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1966 season.
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John Waddington (born 24 May 1938) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Waddington, a half forward, topped the Bendigo Football League goal-kicking in 1957, with 72 goals for South Bendigo. The following year he arrived at North Melbourne and played all possible 20 games in his debut season.[1] This included their four point semi final win over Fitzroy, in which he contributed three goals.[1]
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.[2]
At the end of the 1966 season he left North Melbourne to become senior coach of Benalla in the Ovens & Murray Football League.[3] He won the 1968 Morris Medal.
He later played with Morningside in Queensland.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 AFL Tables: John Waddington
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- ↑ The Age,"Waddington for Benalla", 31 October 1966, p. 16
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