Born: 21-Jan-1922 (AFL Tables)
Died: 13-May-20091
Height: 188cm (AFL Tables)
Career
Player
Melbourne (VFL) 1941-1950 - 166 Games, 23 Goals
Comment
LEAGUE FOOTBALLERS OF 1950 — RUCKMEN by Percy Taylor
Argus 22 April 1950 p.3 The Argus Weekend Magazine
DON CORDNER, of Melbourne, is high up in the list Victorian ruckmen. His friends (Illegible). he could be higher if he wished, but Don still regards football as a sport and a pastime-not the be-all and end-all of existence.
That is not to say that he is not keen. No one can play 150 games -the last 140 of them in succession -if he is not keen. But Don is a doctor, which is a most exacting profession. Because of the demands of that profession he has now decided to give up the captaincy of the club. He took over the leadership in 1948, and had the honour of leading his team to a premiership in his first year. Two years earlier he had won the Brownlow Medal, so he has had a long and most distinguished career, during which he has played many brilliant games, and has also represented his State.
Don is 6ft. 4in. and 14st, so has an advantage over most opponents in rising for the ball bounced in the middle or thrown in from the boundary. He is a superb mark, but an indifferent kick. When off the ball Don invariably places himself in a back pocket, where he is usually op- posed to the relieving ruckman on the other side. In that position he does a grand job with his flying marks and his well-judged dashes, and gives his opponent a bad time.
Related Pages
- Melbourne Senior Team 1948 R12 (FSM1948)
- Reference_ 1941 VFL Grand Final - Winning Team (Melbourne)
- Reference_ 1942 VFL R02 Melbourne v Richmond - Truscott's Return
- Reference_ 1946 VFL Grand Final - Defeated Team (Melbourne)
- Reference_ 1947 Sporting Life Magazine - Team of the Year
- Reference_ 1949 Sporting Life Magazine - Team of the Year
- Reference_ Melbourne Captains
- Reference_ Melbourne Leading Goal Kicker
- Reference_ Melbourne Team of the Century
- Reference_ VFL - Brownlow Medal
Other Photos
The Sporting Globe Football Book 1946 p116 - Source:State Library of Victoria
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Argus Magazine - Lets Look at Footy 1952 p43 Don Cordner Melbourne - Source: State Library of Victoria
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Don Cordner - Source:100 Years of Football by ECH Taylor - State Library of Victoria Collection
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Cordner Family - Source:100 Years of Football by ECH Taylor - State Library of Victoria Collection
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Les Jones b1910 - Source:100 Years of Football by ECH Taylor - State Library of Victoria Collection
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Bert Harper (Essendon) Don Cordner Shane McGrath (Melbourne) - Source: Argus 29-Jul-1946 p13
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Don Cordner Argus 22 Apr 1950 P3
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External Links
AFL Tables - Don Cordner
Wikipedia - Don Cordner
Sources
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