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Key Facts

Full name
Neville James Way

Known as
Neville Way

Nickname
Inky

Born
16 March 1924

Place of birth
Boulder, WA (6432)

Died
13 June 2018 (aged 94)

Place of death
Salter Point, WA (6152)

Occupation
Doctor

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 18y 96d
Last game: 18y 152d

Height and weight
Height: 183 cm
Weight: 87 kg

Senior clubs
St. Kilda; Norwood

Jumper numbers
St. Kilda: 30

Recruited from
St. Kilda (1944)

State of origin
WA

Neville Way

Advanced stats
Club
League
Career span
Games
Goals
Avg
Win %
AKI
AHB
AMK
BV
Boulder CityGNFL1940-1941————————
St. KildaV/AFL1942870.8850%———0
NorwoodSANFL1944-1950731772.42—————
Total1940-1942, 1944-1950811842.27—————

AFL: 5,081st player to appear, 8,834th most games played, 5,682nd most goals kickedSt. Kilda: 813th player to appear, 926th most games played, 522nd most goals kicked

After playing with Goldfields league side Boulder City in 1940 and 1941 Neville Way played eight VFL games for St Kilda while stationed in Melbourne in 1942. However, he made his name as a follower/forward for Norwood where he played 87 games (including 14 for the Norwood-North Adelaide combined wartime team) between 1944 and 1950. He played in the Redlegs’ 1946 and 1950 premiership teams, but missed the 1948 grand final triumph with injury.

One of Way's finest performances came in South Australia's 52-point interstate victory over the VFL in 1945, to which he contributed seven goals. Way twice topped Norwood's goal-kicking, and was a joint runner-up in the 1947 Magarey Medal, albeit that he finished 11 votes adrift in the voting behind the winner, Bob Hank of West Torrens. Way's nine interstate games for South Australia saw him bag a total of 19 goals.

Author - John Devaney

Sources

Full Points Footy's SA Football Companion

Footnotes

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