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Key Facts

Full name
Ronald Grove

Known as
Ron Grove

Born
5 June 1919

Died
8 January 1993 (aged 73)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 22y 2d
Last game: 27y 346d

Height and weight
Height: 185 cm
Weight: 86 kg

Senior clubs
Geelong; Footscray

Jumper numbers
Geelong: 15
Footscray: 5

Recruited from
Geelong (1942)

Ron Grove

Advanced stats
Club
League
Career span
Games
Goals
Avg
Win %
AKI
AHB
AMK
BV
GeelongV/AFL19411030.3020%———0
FootscrayV/AFL1942-194772540.7561%———3
V/AFL1941-194782570.7056%———3
Total1941-194782570.7056%———3

AFL: 4,934th player to appear, 2,999th most games played, 1,884th most goals kickedGeelong: 445th player to appear, 688th most games played, 616th most goals kickedFootscray: 284th player to appear, 188th most games played, 129th most goals kicked

Picked up by Geelong from Golden Point, Ron Grove played 10 VFL games and kicked three goals for the Cats in 1941. When Geelong went into recess because of the war he transferred to Footscray and rather than return to Geelong when the club resumed in 1944 he remained at the Bulldogs, adding 72 games and 54 goals to his respective career tallies over the course of a six season stint. Capable of playing in a variety of positions, in a game against Melbourne in 1946 he booted 10 goals from full forward.

Author - John Devaney

Sources

Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers by Russell Holmesby & Jim Main; Wikipedia article

Footnotes

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