Roy Cazaly
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Cazaly taking a one-handed mark
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Roy Cazaly | ||
| Nickname(s) | Cazza | ||
| Date of birth | 13 January 1893 | ||
| Place of birth | Albert Park, Victoria, Australia | ||
| Date of death | 10 October 1963 (aged 70) | ||
| Place of death | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia | ||
| Original team(s) | Middle Park | ||
| Height / weight | 180 cm / 80 kg | ||
| Position(s) | Ruckman | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1911–20 | St Kilda | 99 (38) | |
| 1921–24, 1926–27 | South Melbourne | 99 (129) | |
| Total | 198 (167) | ||
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| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| Victoria | 13 (?) | ||
| Tasmania | 5 (?) | ||
| Coaching career3 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 1922, 1937–38 | South Melbourne | 52 (12–38–2) | |
| 1942–43 | Hawthorn | 30 (10–20–0) | |
| Total | 82 (22–58–2) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1927.
3 Coaching statistics correct as of 1943.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Roy Cazaly (13 January 1893 – 10 October 1963) was an Australian rules footballer who played for South Melbourne and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He also represented Victoria and Tasmania in interstate football, and after his retirement as a player, turned to coaching. Known for his ruck work and high-flying marks, he inspired the common catchphrase "Up there, Cazaly!", which became a popular song of the same name, securing his place in Australian folklore.
Cazaly was one of 12 inaugural "Legends" inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
Cazaly was born in Albert Park, a suburb of Melbourne, on 13 January 1893. He was the tenth child of English-born James Cazaly and his wife Elizabeth Jemima (née McNee), a midwife and herbalist from Scotland.
Cazaly learnt his football at the local state school, quickly becoming its first-choice ruckman and tried out for VFL side Carlton Football Club in 1910 but quit the club when he injured a shoulder in a reserves match but could not get the Carlton medical staff to treat it. Cazaly crossed to fellow VFL side St Kilda and made his senior debut in 1911 during a players' strike, when many of St Kilda's regular senior players refused to play as a result of a dispute with the club's committee over dressing rooms. He played 99 matches with St Kilda.
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