Don Hewett
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| + | *GFC League Player Number: 397 | ||
| + | *GFC League Debut: Round 3, 1954 | ||
| + | *Glenelg [[1954]] – [[1962]] | ||
| + | ** 121 games | ||
| + | ** 83 goals | ||
| + | * Best and Fairest 1962 | ||
| + | * Represented South Australia 4 times | ||
| + | * Glenelg Hall of Fame | ||
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| + | <nowiki>*</nowiki> Stats current to end of 1962 | ||
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| + | [[File:dhewett.jpg|thumb|left|Don Hewett]] | ||
| + | == Biographical == | ||
| + | *Born: 1 April 1935 | ||
| + | *Height: cm | ||
| + | *Weight: kg | ||
| + | *Recruited from: South Whyalla | ||
| + | *GFC League Debut: 1954 | ||
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| + | Guernsey Number: [[17]] | ||
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| + | Brilliant centreman Don Hewett was a fine servant of the Glenelg Football Club in 121 SANFL games between 1954 and 1962. He also booted 83 goals, and was a South Australian interstate representative 4 times. | ||
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| + | Regularly confronted by illness and injury problems (predominately knee injuries), his courage was said by Bays secretary [[Ray Curnow]] to be "a legend in our club". Energetic, dashing and constructive, Hewett quit league football while still at his peak, having just won the Tigers' best and fairest award, and aged just twenty-eight, in order to coach the club from which he originally hailed, South Whyalla. | ||
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| + | Inaugural inductee to Glenelg's Hall of Fame. | ||
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| + | == See also == | ||
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| + | [[Gallery Don Hewett|Gallery pictures]] | ||
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| + | == References == | ||
| + | 1. [http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/h.htm#Don%20Hewett%20%28Glenelg%29 Full Points Footy] | ||
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| + | 2. Pride of the Bay | ||
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| + | [[Category:Players|Hewett, Don]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Hall of Fame|Hewett, Don]] | ||
Current revision as of 23:53, 9 November 2017
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* Stats current to end of 1962 |
Biographical
- Born: 1 April 1935
- Height: cm
- Weight: kg
- Recruited from: South Whyalla
- GFC League Debut: 1954
Guernsey Number: 17
Brilliant centreman Don Hewett was a fine servant of the Glenelg Football Club in 121 SANFL games between 1954 and 1962. He also booted 83 goals, and was a South Australian interstate representative 4 times.
Regularly confronted by illness and injury problems (predominately knee injuries), his courage was said by Bays secretary Ray Curnow to be "a legend in our club". Energetic, dashing and constructive, Hewett quit league football while still at his peak, having just won the Tigers' best and fairest award, and aged just twenty-eight, in order to coach the club from which he originally hailed, South Whyalla.
Inaugural inductee to Glenelg's Hall of Fame.
See also
References
2. Pride of the Bay
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