Ron Evans
| Ron Evans | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Date of birth | 7 July 1939 | ||
| Date of death | 9 March 2007 (aged 67) | ||
| Place of death | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | ||
| Original team(s) | Essendon Baptists | ||
| Debut | 10 May 1958 (when 18), Essendon vs. Melbourne, at Melbourne Cricket Ground |
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| Height / weight | 188 cm (6'2"), 78 kg | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1958–1962 | Essendon | 64 (210) | |
| 1963–1965 | West Perth | 60 (271) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1965.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Ronald Barry Evans AM (7 July 1939 – 9 March 2007) was an Australian rules footballer, Chairman of the Australian Football League (AFL) from 1998 to 2007, as well as President of the Essendon Football Club from 1988 to 1992.
Evans was educated at Caulfield Grammar School in Melbourne, where he was a classmate of linguist Michael Clyne, businessman Ron Walker, and 1960 Brownlow Medal winner John Schultz.
He played full-forward in Caulfield Grammar's First XVIII, a team which also contained two other future VFL players: Ron Cabble who played with Hawthorn,[1] and Footscray's John Schultz.
Evans later gained both a BSc and an MBA.
Although not solidly built (he weighed 78 kg), he was 6'2" (188 cm), and his very long arms gave him extra inches in marking contests.
Recruited from Essendon Baptists in 1958 — he had broken the Essendon District Football League's Essendon goalkicking record in 1957 — he played his first senior match for Essendon, as a reserve, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, against Melbourne on 10 May 1958.
Altogether, he played 64 games for Essendon from 1958 to 1962, mostly at full-forward, kicking 210 goals. He played his best football under coach Dick Reynolds.
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