Ron Savage: Difference between revisions

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Closedmouth (talk | contribs)
148,166 edits
Date audit, script-assisted; see mosnum, year of birth missing
 
(46 intermediate revisions by 26 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{short description|Australian rules footballer (born 1917)}}
{{Infobox afl player | firstname = Ron
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
| lastname = Savage
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
| image = noimage
{{Infobox AFL biography
| image name =
| birthdate =
| name = Ron Savage
| birthplace =
| image =
| fullname = Ronald Ellis Savage
| heightweight = 187cm, 89kg
| birth_date = 22 April 1917
⚫
| originalteam =
| birth_place = [[Carlton, Victoria]]
| dead = alive
| death_date = {{death date and age|1974|1|15|1917|4|22|df=yes}}
| deathdate =
| death_place = [[Mooroopna]], Victoria
| deathplace =
⚫
| originalteam = Vermont
| debutdate = Round 14, 1938
| debutdate = Round 14, 1938
| debutteam = [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]]
| debutteam = [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]]
| debutopponent = [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]]
| debutopponent = Essendon
| debutstadium = [[MC Labour Park|Princes Park]]
| debutstadium = [[Princes Park (stadium)|Princes Park]]
| height = 187 cm
⚫
| playingteams = [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]] (1938-1945)
| weight = 89 kg

| position =
111 games, 95 goals
| coach = notcoach
| coachingteams =
| statsend = 1945
| statsend = 1945
| years1 = 1938–1945
⚫
| careerhighlights = <br>
⚫
| club1 = [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]]
| games_goals1 = 111 (95)
⚫
| careerhighlights =
}}
}}


'''Ron Savage''' is a former [[Australian rules football]]er in the [[Australian Football League]].
'''Ronald Ellis Savage''' (22 April 1917 – 15 January 1974) was an [[Australian rules football]]er who played for Carlton in the [[Victorian Football League (1897–1989)|Victorian Football League]] (VFL).<ref>{{Ref AFL Encyc|10th|786}}</ref>


==Family==
⚫
Deacon made his debut for the [[Carlton Football Club]] in Round 14 of the 1938 season. He left the club after winning the [[Best and Fairest]] award in 1945.
The son of unmarried mother Violet Irene Ellis (1891–1919), Ronald Ellis was born at Carlton on 22 April 1917. Shortly after his birth he was adopted by Joseph William Savage (1874–1952) and Annie Savage, nee Harrison, and took the name Ronald Ellis Savage.

==Football==
⚫
Savage made his debut for the [[Carlton Football Club]] in round 14 of the 1938 season. He left the club after winning the [[best and fairest]] award in 1945.

He moved Tasmania for a few years and played or coached [[Hobart Football Club|Hobart]] in the [[Tasmanian Football League]] (1946–47), Franklin in the [[Huon Football Association]] in 1948, and then [[South Launceston Football Club|City]] (1949–50) and [[Longford Football Club|Longford]] (1951–52) in the [[Northern Tasmanian Football Association (1886–1986)|Northern Tasmanian Football Association]]. Savage then returned to Victoria to coach the Red Cliffs Football Club.

==War service==
In the middle of his time at Carlton, Savage enlisted to serve in the Australian Army during World War II.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=636331&c=WW2 |title=World War II Roll: SAVAGE, Ronald Ellis |publisher=Department of Veterans Affairs}}</ref>

==Death==
Ronald Ellis Savage died at Mooroopna on 15 January 1974 and was cremated at Fawkner Memorial Park.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gmct.com.au/deceased/1734869 |title=Ronald Ellis Savage |publisher=Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust}}</ref>


==External links==
==External links==
*{{AFL Tables | R/Ron_Savage }}
* [http://www.blueseum.org/cfc/tiki-index.php?page=Ron+Savage Ron Savage] at [http://www.blueseum.org Blueseum]
* [http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Ron+Savage Ron Savage] at Blueseum


==Notes==
⚫
{{1945 Carlton Blues premiership players}}
{{reflist}}

⚫
{{1945 Carlton premiership players}}
{{John Nicholls Medal}}


{{DEFAULTSORT:Savage, Ron}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Savage, Ron}}
[[Category:1917 births]]
[[Category:1974 deaths]]
[[Category:Carlton Football Club players]]
[[Category:Carlton Football Club players]]
[[Category:Carlton Football Club premiership players]]
[[Category:John Nicholls Medal winners]]
[[Category:John Nicholls Medal winners]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing]]
[[Category:Hobart Football Club coaches]]
[[Category:Australian rules footballers from Melbourne]]
[[Category:Hobart Football Club players]]
[[Category:City-South Football Club players]]
[[Category:City-South Football Club coaches]]
[[Category:Longford Football Club players]]
[[Category:VFL/AFL premiership players]]
[[Category:People from Carlton, Victoria]]
[[Category:Australian Army personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:Military personnel from Melbourne]]



{{afl-bio-stub}}
{{AFL-bio-1917-stub}}

Latest revision as of 10:25, 2 August 2023

Ron Savage
Personal information
Full name Ronald Ellis Savage
Date of birth 22 April 1917
Place of birth Carlton, Victoria
Date of death 15 January 1974(1974-01-15) (aged 56)
Place of death Mooroopna, Victoria
Original team(s) Vermont
Debut Round 14, 1938, Carlton vs. Essendon, at Princes Park
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 89 kg (196 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1938–1945 Carlton 111 (95)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1945.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ronald Ellis Savage (22 April 1917 – 15 January 1974) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family[edit]

The son of unmarried mother Violet Irene Ellis (1891–1919), Ronald Ellis was born at Carlton on 22 April 1917. Shortly after his birth he was adopted by Joseph William Savage (1874–1952) and Annie Savage, nee Harrison, and took the name Ronald Ellis Savage.

Football[edit]

Savage made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in round 14 of the 1938 season. He left the club after winning the best and fairest award in 1945.

He moved Tasmania for a few years and played or coached Hobart in the Tasmanian Football League (1946–47), Franklin in the Huon Football Association in 1948, and then City (1949–50) and Longford (1951–52) in the Northern Tasmanian Football Association. Savage then returned to Victoria to coach the Red Cliffs Football Club.

War service[edit]

In the middle of his time at Carlton, Savage enlisted to serve in the Australian Army during World War II.[2]

Death[edit]

Ronald Ellis Savage died at Mooroopna on 15 January 1974 and was cremated at Fawkner Memorial Park.[3]

External links[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 786. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "World War II Roll: SAVAGE, Ronald Ellis". Department of Veterans Affairs.
  3. ^ "Ronald Ellis Savage". Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust.


Stub icon

This Australian rules football biography of a person born in 1917 is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ron_Savage&oldid=1168365171"