Ced Hovey
Personal information
Full name Cedric John Hovey
Date of birth (1918-07-12)12 July 1918
Place of birth Buangor, Victoria
Date of death 19 February 2014(2014-02-19) (aged 95)
Place of death Geelong, Victoria
Original team(s) Modewarre
Height 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1945 Geelong 10 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1945.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Cedric John Hovey (12 July 1918 – 19 February 2014) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Career

Hovey, who came from Modewarre, was runner-up in the Geelong seconds best and fairest award for the 1944 season.[1][2] Mostly as a centreman, Hovey made 10 appearances with the senior side in the 1945 VFL season, debuting at the age of 26.[3][4] He didn't play VFL football in 1946 and instead captained the Geelong seconds.[5]

In 1947 he was cleared to Geelong West, in the Ballarat Football League.[6] At Geelong West, Hovey was a best and fairest winner and captain-coached the club in 1948.[7]

Personal life

Hovey was one of four brothers to play football for Geelong.[8] Most successful of the four was Ron Hovey, who was a member of Geelong's 1951 and 1952 premiership teams.[9] Another, Jim, played 41 league games in the late 1940s.[9] The eldest of the four, Bernard "Bern" Hovey, played for the Geelong seconds, before his death in an RAAF air crash in 1943.[5][10]

On 19 February 2014, Hovey died at his home in Geelong, aged 95.[11] He was the oldest surviving Geelong player at the time of his death.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Geelong". The Argus. Melbourne. 5 September 1938. p. 14. Retrieved 1 November 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "Small Crowd at Game". The Argus. Melbourne. 11 September 1944. p. 9. Retrieved 1 November 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "AFL Tables – Ced Hovey – Games Played". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "AFL Tables – Essendon v Geelong – Sat, 2-Jun-1945 2:30 PM – Match Stats". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Rodda Reported: Gossip From Clubs". The Argus. Melbourne. 3 June 1946. p. 10. Retrieved 1 November 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Football Permits". The Argus. Melbourne. 1 May 1947. p. 18. Retrieved 1 November 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "Geelong West Football Club – History & Honours Board". Roosters.org.au. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  8. ↑ Lannen, Danny (5 October 2011). "Oldest Cat sees legacy live on". Archived from the original on 19 October 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  9. 1 2 Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  10. ↑ "Three Killed is R.A.A.F. Crashes". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 17 March 1943. p. 1. Retrieved 1 November 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. 1 2 "A sad farewell". geelongcats.com.au. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
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