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On this day in Australian Football: October 11

Big Stats - Players

Goals
1930: Gordon Coventry kicked 7 goals for Collingwood against Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, GF)
Kicks
1930: Ted Llewellyn had 27 kicks for Geelong vs. Collingwood (V/AFL, Premiership Season, GF)

Player Milestones

Last game
1919: Percy Maybury played his last game for Richmond (V/AFL, Premiership Season, GF)
1919: Pen Reynolds played his last game for Collingwood (V/AFL, Premiership Season, GF)

Birth & Deaths

Births
1889: Tom O'Brien (University)
1893: Frank Rigaldi (Carlton, Richmond)
1898: Albert Lauder (Collingwood)
1901: Phil Brooks (South Melbourne, Hawthorn)
1902: Wally Sharland (Geelong)
1912: Neil Allison (Hawthorn)
1912: Murray Exelby (Essendon, Preston, Leongatha, Mitcham, Mayne)
1918: Derek Symonds (Melbourne)
1920: Max Rippon (Fitzroy, South Melbourne, St. Kilda)
1921: Allan Strang (South Melbourne)
1922: Colin Cox (Fitzroy, Melbourne)
1930: Ian Foreman (Footscray)
1930: Jack Evans (St. Kilda)
1933: Lance Cox (Richmond)
1938: Trevor Steer (Collingwood)
1939: Peter Dow (North Melbourne)
1943: John Dunshea (Hawthorn)
1945: Kevin McCarthy (Glenelg)
1949: Bruce Tschirpig (Richmond)
1951: Barry Grinter (Essendon, Richmond, West Torrens)
1961: Darren McLaine (Collingwood)
1962: Michael Ford (Footscray, St. Kilda)
1965: Lucio Baroni (East Perth)
1965: Ian Herman (Carlton, Richmond)
1966: Peter Higgins (West Coast)
1973: John Cuzzupe (Footscray)
1976: Mark Porter (Carlton, North Melbourne)
1977: Anthony Franchina (Carlton)
1978: Will Sangster (Sydney)
1982: Luke Ivens (North Adelaide)
1989: Brooke Patterson (Melbourne WFC)
1994: Mitch McGovern (Claremont, Adelaide, Adelaide Reserves, Carlton)
1999: Jackson Edwards (Glenelg, Adelaide Reserves)
2000: Red Óg Murphy (North Melbourne Reserves)
2000: Harry Reynolds (Sydney Reserves)
2005: Jessica Rentsch (West Coast WFC)
Deaths
1940: Richard Moran (Carlton)
1942: Billy Holmes (Collingwood, Fitzroy)
1943: Jim Knight (Geelong, Carlton)
1948: Alby Pilcher (Melbourne)
1952: Peter Burns (South Melbourne, Geelong)
1952: Harry Neil (Collingwood, Richmond)
1953: Jock McLorinan (St. Kilda)
1959: Billy Gallagher (Geelong)
1960: Herc Vollugi (Essendon)
1970: Bill Griffiths (St. Kilda)
1972: Len Smith (North Melbourne)
1979: Marcus Glasscock (Melbourne)
1983: Bobby Mullenger (South Melbourne)
1983: Wally O'Brien (Footscray, Fitzroy)
1984: Alex Duncan (Carlton, Stratford, Coburg)
1986: Bob Brooker (North Melbourne)
1994: Harry Harley (Melbourne)
2001: Fred Seinor (South Fremantle)
2004: Keith Miller (Brighton, St. Kilda, Sydney Naval)
2006: Ron Richards (Footscray)
2009: Charlie Utting (Collingwood)
2016: Noel Fincher (Footscray, North Melbourne)
2020: Ron Bickley (Fitzroy)

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.