Cecil Everard Sandford (1874-1946) commenced at Geelong College in 1887. He was a member of the 1st Football XX in 1890 and 1891, the 1st Cricket XI in 1891 and was Dux of the College in 1890 and 1891. He played eight games with GFC in 1897-98 and 43 games with St Kilda in 1900-02 and 1904.
Greg Lindquist Bowen Lockwood Alistair Lord Stewart Lord Alan Robert Marsham (1920-1990) James Carvel “Jim” McColl (1933-2013)
The Annual Report of 1891 described him as the “smallest man in the team, plays very cooly, generally roves, dodges well”.
Alexander Hugh “Alec” McGregor (1908-1997)
His brothers were also educated at Geelong College, including George Sandford (1872-1940) who played for Geelong in the VFA and, after the formation of the VFL, 11 games with St Kilda.
Alfred Harold “Alf” Millar (1887-1946)
Wallace Sutherland Sharland (19021967), footballer and sportswriter, or “Jumbo” as he was better known, was notable as the first radio commentator of a VFL match on 3AR in 1923. He was also the first broadcaster of a VFA football game in 1935 on 3XY, although he built his reputation as a popular sports writer for the Sporting Globe. Jumbo Sharland was at College from 1910 to 1919, where he was an outstanding sportsman, playing in the 1st Cricket XI, the Athletics Team of 1919 and the 1st Football Teams of 1918 and 1919. He played a central role in the foundation laying ceremony of Norman Morrison Memorial Hall on 6 October 1911, presenting Dr N A McArthur with a silver trowel to lay the foundation stone. Jumbo played 49 games for the Geelong Football Club from 1920 to 1925. As a cricketer, he scored a century against the visiting English XI in January 1921. He served in World War II and died at Richmond in 1967. Joseph Henry Slater (1888-1917), known during his football career as Joey, was born at Ballarat. His family shifted to Geelong when he was a boy. Educated as a day student at Geelong College from 1902 to 1905, he quickly won himself a reputation as a fine athlete and footballer, playing in the 1st Football XVIII in his last two years at school. Joey went on to become a champion footballer with the Geelong Football Club, playing 108 games between 1906 and 1914. In 2001, he was chosen in the GFC Team of the Century as a half-back flanker. He was also inducted into the Cats’ Hall of Fame. He enlisted during World War I and left Australia for Gallipoli in May 1915. He survived frontline service on Gallipoli and in France, where he was promoted to Captain, but was killed in action at Second Bullecourt on 3 May 1917. Both the VFL/AFL and earlier VFA draft player lists with their teams are available in the College Heritage Guide (search “footballers”), as is further information about some of the early players. Suggestions and amendments to these lists are welcome.
Angus Russell “Gus” McLennan (1897-1957) George McNeilage (1890-1967) William “Bill” Moodie (1879-1918) Eric Nicholls Francis Ross Quick (1911-1965)* Jack Black Paterson (1900-1975) Ernest James “Jim” Piper (1884-1949) William Horace “Horrie” Quinton (1878-1912) William Moy “Bill” Robertson (1879-1957) Rodney Robson Leslie Norman “Les” Roebuck (1885-1973) Stuart “Havel” Rowe Mark Russell Cecil Everard Sandford (1874-1946) George Sandford (1872-1940) “Josh” Saunders Will Schofield Wallace Sutherland “Jumbo” Sharland (1902-1967) Joseph Henry “Joe” Slater (1888-1917) Sydney Norman “Sid” Smith (1890-1952) Robert John Stanlake (1883-1972) Frank Lindsay Stodart (1885-1944) Hugh Strahan Lennard “Len” Strickland (1880-1949) Ross Ferguson Sutherland (1937-1989) Alan Taylor Tait (1890-1969)* Jeremy Taylor Jack Watherston “Tiny” Watt (1889-1964) Edmund Charles Webber (1894-1966) William Henry “Billy” Wilton (1899-1966) Murray Witcombe Mason Wood Staff Frank Boynton (1887-1946) Charlie A. Cameron (1886-1957) Ken Nicolson (1902-1975) Edward “Teddy” Rankin * Also a staff member
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