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Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer
George Caris
Personal information
Full name George Caris
Date of birth (1927-06-08)8 June 1927
Date of death 10 October 2013(2013-10-10) (aged 86)
Original team(s) Sunday Amateurs
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
1948–50 South Melbourne 19 (1)
1951–53 Port Melbourne 48 (-)
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1953.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

George Caris (8 June 1927 – 10 October 2013) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

South Melbourne

Caris came to South Melbourne from Olympic, a club in the local Sunday Amateur competition. Used as a ruck-rover, Caris made 15 appearances for South Melbourne in the 1948 VFL season and earned a Brownlow Medal vote while playing on Norm Smith, but only managed to play three senior games in 1949.

He played his first game of the 1950 season in round four, against Fitzroy, during which he was reported for "kicking" opponent Jack Gaffney. Caris, who had kicked the only goal of his career in the third quarter, was suspended for eight weeks. It would end up being his final appearance at VFL level, in 1951 he left for Port Melbourne.

VFA

Caris was a regular member of the Port Melbourne team in the 1951 VFA season, as a half back flanker, although an ankle injury sustained in the club's preliminary final win cost him a grand final appearance.

The following year he was a beneficiary of injury, when he took Denis Fogarty's spot in the starting side for the grand final against Oakleigh, which Port Melbourne lost by 21 points. He kicked two goals and was named amongst Port Melbourne's best players.

In 1953, Caris trained with the Richmond Football Club, but would return to Port Melbourne for a third and final VFA season. He finished his VFA career with a premiership, as a back pocket in Port Melbourne's grand final win over Yarraville.

Murtoa

Caris was cleared to Wimmera Football League club Murtoa as coach in 1954. Coach of Murtoa for three seasons, Caris continued as a player until 1960. Following a year as coach of Jung, he returned to Murtoa for a season in 1962, then later in 1968 came out of retirement and played one final season.

He also played cricket for Murtoa and scored his maiden century at 51 years of age.

References

  1. "George Caris – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  2. "Football VFL permits granted". The Argus. Melbourne. 15 April 1948. p. 6. Retrieved 15 February 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  4. ^ "George Caris – Games Played". AFL Tables. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  5. "Gossip from V.F.L. clubs: St. Kilda is "in the money"". The Argus. Melbourne. 15 May 1950. p. 20. Retrieved 15 February 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "Deplorable Effort at Fitzroy". Record (Emerald Hill). Victoria. 20 May 1950. p. 4. Retrieved 15 February 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "G. Caris disqualified for eight weeks". Record (Emerald Hill). Victoria. 20 May 1950. p. 5. Retrieved 15 February 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "Port Melbourne sign Caris". The Argus. Melbourne. 11 April 1951. p. 11. Retrieved 15 February 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. "Injury may keep Caris out". The Argus. Melbourne. 3 October 1951. p. 13. Retrieved 15 February 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. "Forced change". The Argus. Melbourne. 5 October 1951. p. 12. Retrieved 15 February 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. "Port replaces wingers". The Argus. Melbourne. 3 October 1952. p. 8. Retrieved 15 February 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ^ "Port Melbourne again loses grand final". Record (Emerald Hill). Victoria. 10 October 1952. p. 4. Retrieved 15 February 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. "Former Richmond men try again". The Argus. Melbourne. 13 March 1953. p. 7. Retrieved 15 February 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. Fiddian, Marc (2013). The VFA – A History of the Victorian Football Association 1877 – 1995. Melbourne Sports Books.
  15. "George Caris To Coach Murtoa". Record (Emerald Hill). Victoria. 13 February 1954. p. 1. Retrieved 16 February 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  16. ^ "Murtoa's George Caris remembered". Wimmera Mail-Times. 16 October 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  17. "Fighting Gellatly scores 74". The Horsham Times. Victoria. 13 October 1954. p. 6. Retrieved 16 February 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

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