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Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer
Milne McCooke
Personal information
Full name Milne Norman McCooke
Date of birth (1934-10-09)9 October 1934
Date of death 23 December 2010(2010-12-23) (aged 76)
Original team(s) Caulfield City
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 92 kg (203 lb)
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
1955–1958 St Kilda 13 (8)
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1958.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Milne Norman McCooke (9 October 1934 – 23 December 2010) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

McCooke, a Caulfield City recruit, made his debut for St Kilda in the 1955 VFL season. Used mostly as a follower or forward, McCooke kicked three goals for St Kilda in his second league game, a win over North Melbourne at Junction Oval, which ended a 12-game losing streak. He played seven games that season, then only seconds fixtures in 1956, followed by three senior appearances in 1957 and another three in 1958.

The next stage of his career was spent at Oakleigh in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), where he was a premiership player in 1960 and won a best and fairest award in 1962.

McCooke was coach of Wimmera Football League club Murtoa from 1964 to 1967, before spending a season at VFA club Caulfield, playing three games in an injury and suspension affected year.

In 1969 McCooke led a young Kooweerup side to a 25-point grand final victory over Longwarry at Cora Lynn football ground and coached the Caulfield reserves in 1975 and Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) club Ormond Amateurs in 1978. His son, Steve McCooke, was an Ormond Amateurs player, but is best known as a cricketer, with three Sheffield Shield appearances for Victoria.

References

  1. "Milne Norman McCooke". Herald Sun.
  2. Holmesby & Main, p. 569.
  3. "ST. KILDA". The Argus. Melbourne. 22 June 1955. p. 25. Retrieved 8 February 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Milne McCooke". AFL Tables.
  5. "Saints march to fine win". The Argus. Melbourne. 4 July 1955. p. 25. Retrieved 8 February 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Vale Milne McCooke". Ormond Amateur Football Club. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014.
  7. The Age, "McCooke Wins Club Award", 3 September 1962, p. 10
  8. Wimmera Mail Times, "Wimmera footballers mourn Milne", 28 December 2010, Justine McCullagh-Beasy
  9. Piesse, pp. 11-12.
  10. http://kooweebypass.com.au/2014/blackfish-september-2014.pdf
  11. Piesse, p. 73.
  12. "Steve McCooke". CricketArchive.

Sources

  • Holmesby, R. & Main, J. (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5
  • Piesse, K. (2010) The Bears Uncensored, Cricketbooks.com.au: Melbourne. ISBN 9780646528793
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