Australian Football

A full back of the old school, Vic Chanter was tough, ruthless and relentless, caring little if he finished a match with no disposals to his name as long as his opponent did likewise. Chanter actually began his time with Melbourne, prior to World War II, but never played a senior game. He did, however, play in the Fuchsias' 1939 reserves premiership side. In 1946, Vic Chanter resumed his football career, this time with Fitzroy, for whom he would play 108 VFL games over the course of the next seven seasons without registering a single goal. The quintessential player 'the fans love to hate', he once had a bottle thrown at him during the course of a game and, true to his image, made as if to hurl it back at the offender. A 'Big V' interstate representative, Chanter won Fitzroy's 1951 best and fairest award.

Author - John Devaney