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Australian rules footballer (1904–1960)

Australian rules footballer

Francis Vine

Personal information
Full name	Francis Seymour Vine
Nickname(s)	Pop
Date of birth	(1904-10-01)1 October 1904
Date of death	6 October 1960(1960-10-06) (aged 56)
Original team(s)	Old Melburnians
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Playing career
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1926–1934	Melbourne	105 (41)
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1934.
Career highlights
VFL premiership: 1926 Melbourne captain: 1932–1933
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Francis "Pop" Vine (1 October 1904 – 6 October 1960) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Vine is one of just four players in VFL/AFL history to play in a premiership on debut, along with Bill James, George Rawle and Marlion Pickett. He had been called up, to play the 1926 VFL Grand Final, as a replacement player for Bob Corbett. A centre half-back, Vine was club captain in 1932 and 1933.

References

^ "Francis Vine". Demon Wiki.
"Francis Vine - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
AFL Tables: Francis Vine
Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
"Francis Vine". Australian Football.com.
Lovett, Michael (2004). AFL 2004 - The Official Statistical History Of The AFL. AFL Publishing. ISBN 0-9580300-5-7.
Little, Craig (29 September 2019). "Marlion Pickett plays his way into AFL folklore with Richmond's leap of faith". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 March 2020.

External links

Francis Vine's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Francis Vine at AustralianFootball.com

v t e Melbourne Football Club 1926 VFL premiers
Melbourne 17.17 (119) defeated Collingwood 9.8 (62), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1. Wittman 3. Thomas 4. Abernethy 8. White 9. Streeter 10. Collins 14. Warne-Smith 16. Johnson 17. Chadwick (c) 19. Coy 22. Moyes 23. Vine 26. Tymms 28. Dunbar 29. Davidson 31. Deane 34. Duff 35. Taylor
Coach: Chadwick

v t e Captains of the Melbourne Football Club
Pre-VFA	1859: Wills/T. Smith/Hammersley 1860: Hammersley/T. Smith/Thompson/Wills 1861: Harrison/R. Wardill/T. Smith 1862: T. Smith/Woolley/Nicholls 1863: Harrison/Woolley 1864: Harrison/R. Wardill/Tait 1865: Wills/Harrison/R. Wardill 1866: Harrison/Neal/Conway 1867–1868: Harrison/Freeman 1869–1871: Harrison 1871: Goldsmith 1872–1873: Byrne 1874–1875: Goldsmith 1875: Forrester
VFA	1876–1879: Sillett 1880: Bennie 1881: Lamrock 1882: Rannard 1883: M. McKenzie 1884: John McDonald 1885: G. Aitken/Franks 1886: Morrison 1887: Kelly 1888: King 1889–1891: Fox 1892: W. Aitken 1892–1895: Fox 1895–1896: J. Wilson
VFL/AFL	1897–1898: Sutton 1899: Sholl 1900: D. Wardill 1901–1904: McClelland 1905: Langley 1906: Sowden 1907: Coutie 1908: Purse 1909: Nolan 1910–1911: Coutie 1912–1913: George 1914: Incigneri 1915: J. McKenzie 1919–1920: Heinz 1921–1923: P. Wilson 1924–1927: Chadwick 1928–1931: Warne-Smith 1932–1933: Vine 1934–1935: Niven 1936–1941: La Fontaine 1942–1944: Beames 1945–1947: N. Smith 1948–1949: Don Cordner 1950: McGrath 1951–1953: Denis Cordner 1954: Collins 1955–1956: McMahen 1957–1959: Beckwith 1960–1964: Barassi 1965–1969: Mann 1970: Johnson 1971–1972: Davis 1973–1976: Alves 1977–1978: Wells 1979–1980: Ditterich 1981–1987: Flower 1988–1990: Healy 1991–1997: Lyon 1998–1999: T. Viney 2000–2008: Neitz 2008: Bruce/James McDonald 2009–2010: James McDonald 2011: Green 2012–2013: Grimes/Trengove 2014: Grimes/Jones 2015–2016: Jones 2017–2019: Jones/J. Viney 2020–: Gawn
AFL Women's	2017–2018: Pearce 2019: O'Dea/Scott 2020–2022 (S7): Pearce 2023– : Hore

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