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Don Condon

Don Condon

Australian rules footballer

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

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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 Essendon 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.[4]

He was life member of the North Melbourne Football Club.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Don Condon – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  2. [2]
    "World War II Nominal Roll:CONDON, Donald Roy". Department of Veterans Affairs.
  3. [3]
    North to alter constitution (8 Nov 1946); The Age
  4. [4]
    Marc Fiddian (2003), The Best of Football Trivia, Hastings, VIC: Galaxy Print and Design, p. 38
  5. [5]
    "List of life members" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
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