melbourne football club players
Leslie Rainey
1881 births | 1962 deaths | australian cricketers | australian rules footballers | essendon football club players | melbourne football club players | victoria (australia) cricketersLeslie Newburn Rainey (January 10, 1881 - August 27, 1962) was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket for Victoria and Australian rules football with Essendon and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
After managing only five appearances for Essendon during his time at the club in 1899 and 1900, Rainey crossed to Melbourne where he had more success. He played a full season in 1902, including Melbourne's Semi Final loss to his old club, and kicked 17 goals. Rainey finished his football career with 23 VFL games and 20 goals.
Benjamin Sheppard
1892 births | 1931 deaths | australian cricketers | australian rules footballers | australian wicket-keepers | melbourne football club players | richmond football club players | victoria (australia) cricketersBenjamin Joseph Sheppard (June 23, 1892 - September 9, 1931) was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket for Victoria and Australian rules football with Melbourne and Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Sheppard started out as a footballer at Xavier College before being recruited by Melbourne. He played four senior games with Melbourne in the 1911 VFL season and one for Richmond in 1912.
Howard Richardson
1894 births | 1959 deaths | australian cricketers | australian rules footballers | melbourne football club players | richmond football club players | victoria (australia) cricketersHoward James Richardson (October 29, 1894 - December 21, 1959) was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket for Victoria and Australian rules football in the Victorian Football League (VFL) with Richmond and Melbourne.
Richardson, who was born in Narre Warren, played his early football at Berwick before making his debut for Richmond in the 1915 VFL season. He made sporadic appearances over the next couple of seasons and after not playing at all in 1918 he crossed to Melbourne. Richardson took the field only once at Melbourne and finished his league career with 20 games and 14 goals.
Gerry Donnelly
1903 births | australian rules footballers | essendon football club players | melbourne football club players | north melbourne football club coaches | north melbourne football club playersGerald 'Gerry' Donnelly (born August 7, 1903) was a Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne, North Melbourne and Essendon in the VFL.
Stan Rule
1924 births | australian rules footballers | melbourne football club players Stan Rule (born January 17, 1924) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the VFL during the late 1940s.
Rule was used as both a follower and defender at Melbourne. In their 1948 premiership team he was the former, while in 1946 he played from the back pocket in a losing Grand Final. He represented the Victorian interstate team once, in 1949.
Gordon Bowman
1927 births | australian rules footballers | hawthorn football club players | melbourne football club players | tasmanian football league players Gordon Bowman (born February 10, 1927) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne and Hawthorn in the VFL.
Bowman, originally from East Malvern, was a member of Melbourne's 1948 premiership team as a half forward flanker. He joined a struggling Hawthorn side in 1950 and remained with the club until the end of the 1951 season.
