Alby Rodda

Alby Rodda

Personal information
Full name	Albert Rupert Joseph Rodda
Date of birth	(1920-09-08)8 September 1920
Date of death	15 May 2002(2002-05-15) (aged 81)^[1]
Original team(s)	State Savings Bank ^[2]
Height / weight	166 cm, 80 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1939–1950	Melbourne	131 (142)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1950.
Career highlights
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal 1949 Melbourne premiership player 1939, 1940, 1948

Albert Rupert Joseph "Alby" Rodda (8 September 1920 – 15 May 2002) was an Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was a member of the Melbourne premiership teams in 1939, 1940 and 1948.

References

Melbourne Football Club 1939 VFL premiers

Melbourne 21.22 (148) defeated Collingwood 14.11 (95), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

1. G. Jones 4. Smith 5. Truscott 8. Fischer 9. Emselle 11. Ball 12. Mueller 13. L. Jones 15. Baggott 17. La Fontaine (c) 19. Roberts 21. Kimberley 23. Wartman 24. Beames 26. Furniss 29. O'Keefe 30. Rodda 32. Hingston 36. Anderson

Coach: Hughes

Melbourne Football Club 1940 VFL premiers

Melbourne 15.17 (107) defeated Richmond 10.8 (68), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

4. Smith 5. Truscott 5. Fanning 9. Emselle 10. Gibb 11. Ball 12. Mueller 13. Jones 15. Baggott 17. La Fontaine (c) 19. Roberts 23. Wartman 24. Beames 25. McLean 29. O'Keefe 30. Rodda 31. Barassi 32. Hingston 36. Anderson

Coach: Hughes

Melbourne Football Club 1948 VFL premiers

Melbourne 10.9 (69) drew with Essendon 7.27 (69), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground; Melbourne 13.11 (89) defeated Essendon 7.8 (50), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

1. Denis Cordner 2. McKenzie 3. Collins 4. Smith 5. Deans 6. Craddock 7. Jackson 11. Bowman 12. Mueller 13. Spittle 16. Bickford 21. Don Cordner (c) 22. McGrath 25. McLean 28. Dullard 29. Arnold 30. Rodda 31. Rule 32. Dockett 35. McMahen

Coach: Hughes

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