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Key Facts

Full name
Ben Hair

Known as
Ben Hair

Born
29 September 1892

Died
1 October 1974 (aged 82)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 21y 208d
Last game: 26y 335d

Height and weight
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 79 kg

Senior clubs
South Melbourne; St. Kilda

Jumper numbers
South Melbourne: 6, 25, 15
St. Kilda: 22

Recruited from
South Melbourne (1919)

Ben Hair

Advanced stats
ClubLeagueCareer spanGamesGoalsAvgWin %AKIAHBAMKBV
South MelbourneV/AFL1914-1915, 1917-19184330.0760%———0
St. KildaV/AFL1919630.5033%———0
V/AFL1914-1915, 1917-19194960.1257%———0
Total1914-1915, 1917-19194960.1257%———0

AFL: 2,051st player to appear, 4,357th most games played, 5,829th most goals kickedSouth Melbourne: 257th player to appear, 374th most games played, 707th most goals kickedSt. Kilda: 477th player to appear, 1,007th most games played, 708th most goals kicked

Vigorous, pacy and clever, Ben Hair joined South Melbourne in 1914 and was a member at the end of that season of the club’s losing grand final team against Carlton. Playing as a follower, he was one of South’s best players, but he might be said to have contributed to the Blues’ win as he missed two relatively easy goal scoring chances late on, and Carlton’s eventual margin of victory was just a single straight kick.

A regular in the South Melbourne team in 1914-15, he gradually fell out of favour after that, and in 1919, having played 43 VFL games and kicked three goals for the southerners, he crossed to St Kilda where he added a final six appearances and three goals before calling time on his career.

Author - John Devaney

Sources

Full Points Publications

Footnotes

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