John Waddington (footballer)

John Waddington
Personal information
Full name John Waddington
Date of birth (1938-05-24)24 May 1938
Date of death 6 July 2019(2019-07-06) (aged 81)[1]
Original team(s) South Bendigo
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1958–1966 North Melbourne 132 (30)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1966.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

John Waddington (24 May 1938 – 6 July 2019) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Waddington, a half forward, grew up in Bendigo, and played for South Bendigo. He topped the Bendigo Football League goal-kicking in 1957, winning the Bob Chappell Medal with 72 goals.

The following year he arrived at North Melbourne and played all possible 20 games in his debut season.[2] This included their four-point semi final win over Fitzroy, in which he contributed three goals.[2]

He remained a regular fixture in the team for the next eight years, mostly as a defender. It was as a centre half-back that he was selected for the Victorian interstate side in 1964.[3]

At the end of the 1966 season he left North Melbourne to become senior captain-coach of Benalla in the Ovens & Murray Football League.[4] He won the 1968 Ovens & Murray Football League Morris Medal.[5]

He was later playing coach of Morningside in Brisbane, Queensland. He also coached Gold Coast team, Palm Beach Currumbin.[6]

References

  1. ^ "RIP John Waddington".
  2. ^ a b AFL Tables: John Waddington
  3. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  4. ^ The Age,"Waddington for Benalla", 31 October 1966, p. 16
  5. ^ "O&MFNL - Morris Medal". Ovens & Murray FNL. Archived from the original on 31 October 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Morningside". Full Points Footy. Archived from the original on 23 November 2002.