Ron Savage
Ron Savage | |||
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Personal information | |||
Date of birth | 22 April 1917 | ||
Original team(s) | Mitcham | ||
Debut | Round 14, 1938, Carlton vs. Essendon, at Princes Park | ||
Height / weight | 187cm, 89kg | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Carlton (1938-1945) 111 games, 95 goals | |||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1945. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Ron Savage (born 22 April 1917) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.
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 with 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 (1886 - 1986). Savage then returned to Victoria to coach the Red Cliffs Football Club.