Yallourn Football Club 1948

Standing (Left to Right)
Ray Kitney, unknown, Wally George, G Bates, Sam French, Bruce Knight, B Nairn, Peter Watkinson, John Jackson, Ken McColl, Tom Piggett, Kevin Fanning, Bill Harkins, Roy Whelan, Toby Williams, Russell Kingsley

Sitting (Left to Right)
Bill Griffiths, Daryl Knight, unknown, Simon Shaw, John Price, Cyril Moreland, George Botten, Stan Brown, Frank Kelly (Coach)

1947 Yallourn Football Club
Left to Right
Back Row: Owen Cosgrove (goal umpire); Jack Taylor; Allen Jenner; Allan McIntyre; Jeff Taber; Bruce Knight; Joe Kirkup; Maurice Williams; Bob Chancellor (umpire)
Middle Row: George Botten; George Looby; Bill Shaw; Bill Godfrey (Captain); Keith Laurence; Geoff Collins
Front Row: Stan Brown; Ralph Buzzacot; Jack Higgins; Ian Price; Jimmy Shaw

HIGHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PHOTO 5TH GRADE

LEFT TO RIGHT

1ST ROW
BILL LAURIE, MAX JAMES, …….., MAURICE KITNEY, JIM HOLYOAK, BOB SELBY HELE, BOB AMOS, BILL MCLARTY, ALBERT TROAK, RAY BOLGER

2ND ROW
BRUCE MACHINE, FRANK RANDALL, BILL JONES, TWIN HARKIN BOB CONNELY, PEG WELFARE, …. PARRY, FRANK SUTTON, STAN WRIGHT, GERRY KNIGHT, WARWICK SQUIRES, MERV PRICE, BILL WHATELY

3RD ROW
LAURIS STANGER, JUNE MOULD, WILMA IRVINE, FAE LAWSON, MARY SUTTON, DOREEN POWELL, SHIRLEY WHITMORE, MARYL JOHNSTONE, IRENE HULL, BARBARA O’BRIEN, KATH O’BRIEN

4TH ROW

1938 Yallourn Blues Junior Soccer Team
Back Row: Bruce Spenser (reserve); Doug Wilson; Tom Melbourne; Ron Welfare
Middle Row: Bob Crookston; Roy Whelan; Ray Stanger; Ray Tate
Front Row: Tom Mills; --- Drane; Don McAllister; Syd Tate; Brian Downey
Coach: Tom Oddy
Photo taken at Yallourn Oval 1938
Syd 'Spudda' Tate (1925 – 2015) later played VFL football for Geelong Football Club between (1947 – 1951) and was a member of their 1951 Premiership Team.

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THE ORIGINAL SOURCE OF THIS WONDERFUL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE FAMILIES OF YALLOURN IS NOT KNOWN.
YEAR: UNKNOWN
REPRINTED FROM ‘YALLOURN WAS ‘ BY PRUE MCGOLDRICK (1984) PAGE : 69.