Ron Irwin
Personal information
Full name Ronald Leslie Irwin
Date of birth (1923-10-23)23 October 1923
Date of death 18 August 2009(2009-08-18) (aged 85)
Original team(s) Glen Ormond (Victorian Junior Amateur Association)
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Position(s) Full back
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1943–47 Melbourne 51 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1947.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ronald Leslie Irwin (23 October 1923 – 18 August 2009) was a former Australian rules footballer who played 51 games as number 3 with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) from 1943 to 1947.[1]

Irwin was recruited from Glen Ormond in the Victorian Junior Amateur Association.[2] He also played in the football team from engineering firm Kelly and Lewis from 1941 to 1943.[3][4]

In 1950, Irwin was appointed captain-coach of Yarraville in the Victorian Football Association after missing over 2 years of football due to a knee injury.[5] After playing as a utility player and filling most key positions on the ground in 1950, he retired at the start of the 1951 season, due to a recurrence of his knee injury.[6]

Notes

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 404. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  2. ↑ Football Permits Granted. The Argus, Thursday, May 27, 1943; pg. 9
  3. ↑ Engineering Workers. The Dandenong Journal, Wednesday, Oct 1, 1941; pg. 13
  4. ↑ Spring Vale. The Dandenong Journal, Wednesday, June 16, 1943; pg. 9
  5. ↑ R. Irwin to Coach Yarraville. The Age, Thursday, March 16, 1950; pg. 16
  6. ↑ Irwin unlikely to play. The Argus, Tuesday, April 3, 1951; pg. 10
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