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*GFC League Player Number: 259 | *GFC League Player Number: 259 | ||
*GFC League Debut: Round 5, 1941 | *GFC League Debut: Round 5, 1941 | ||
| - | *Glenelg [[1941]] | + | *Glenelg [[1941]] - [[1943]], [[1945]] - [[1947]] |
| - | ** | + | ** 67 games |
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== Biographical == | == Biographical == | ||
| - | *Born: | + | *Born: 9 December 1919 |
*Height: | *Height: | ||
*Weight: | *Weight: | ||
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| - | + | *Recruited from: Encounter Bay | |
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*GFC League Debut: 1941 | *GFC League Debut: 1941 | ||
Guernsey Number: | Guernsey Number: | ||
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| + | Reg Masters played football with Encounter Bays in 1940, being a member of the premiership side | ||
| + | and winning the Mail and Ozone Medals. | ||
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| + | From 1941 to 1947 Masters played 66 games for Glenelg, captaining the side in 1947 in a league football career that was interrupted by World War 2. | ||
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| + | He returned to the Bays in 1948, but badly injured a knee. | ||
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| + | In 1955 he became Captain Coach of the then Bay Valley Rovers, and later went on to coach Port Elliot to a premiership. | ||
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| + | In addition, he played cricket for Encounter Bay before and after World War 2, until 1955 and was a former president as well as life member of the Great Southern Cricket Association. | ||
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| + | He served for 28 years with the Highways Department, retiring in 1983 as supervisor- in charge of Victor Harbor maintenance area. | ||
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1. Pride of the Bay | 1. Pride of the Bay | ||
| - | + | 2. [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/186020018 Victor Harbor Times 1983 article] | |
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[[Category:Players|Masters, Reg]] | [[Category:Players|Masters, Reg]] | ||
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Biographical
- Born: 9 December 1919
- Height:
- Weight:
- Recruited from: Encounter Bay
- GFC League Debut: 1941
Guernsey Number:
Reg Masters played football with Encounter Bays in 1940, being a member of the premiership side
and winning the Mail and Ozone Medals.
From 1941 to 1947 Masters played 66 games for Glenelg, captaining the side in 1947 in a league football career that was interrupted by World War 2.
He returned to the Bays in 1948, but badly injured a knee.
In 1955 he became Captain Coach of the then Bay Valley Rovers, and later went on to coach Port Elliot to a premiership.
In addition, he played cricket for Encounter Bay before and after World War 2, until 1955 and was a former president as well as life member of the Great Southern Cricket Association.
He served for 28 years with the Highways Department, retiring in 1983 as supervisor- in charge of Victor Harbor maintenance area.
References
1. Pride of the Bay
