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Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer
Marshall Younger
Personal information
Full name Marshall Marcel Younger
Date of birth (1939-05-21) 21 May 1939 (age 85)
Place of birth Ballarat, Victoria
Original team(s) St Patrick's College, Ballarat, Darley
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 73.5 kg (162 lb)
Position(s) Half back / Wing
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
1956–61 South Melbourne (VFL) 41 (9)
1962 East Perth (WANFL)   4 (2)
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1962.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Marshall Marcel Younger (born 21 May 1939) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

He married Marlene Frances Palmer in 1961.

Football

As a schoolboy at St Patrick's College, Ballarat he was an outstanding footballer and played in Darley's losing 1954 Bacchus Marsh Football League grand final.

South Melbourne (VFL)

Granted a permit on 30 March 1956, he made his debut for the South Melbourne First XVIII against Geelong, at the Lake Oval, on 14 April 1956.

East Perth (WANFL)

In 1962, he played four games with the East Perth Football Club in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL).

Notes

  1. Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriage Registration No.9328/1961.
  2. Kicking on with ... South Melbourne, The Argus, (Wednesday, 13 July 1955), p. 25.
  3. "1954 - Football". The Express, Melton (Vic. 1943 - 1954). 18 September 1954. p. 6. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  4. V.F.L. Permits, The Argus, (Saturday, 31 March 1956), p. 12.
  5. Here are your V.F.L. Final Lists for 1956: South Melb, The Argus, (Monday, 9 April 1956), p. 19.
  6. How the New Men Played: South Melbourne, The Argus, (Monday, 16 April 1956), p. 18.
  7. WAFL Footy Facts.

References

  • Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

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