George Rawle

George Rawle
Personal information
Date of birth	2 December 1889
Date of death	12 June 1978(1978-06-12) (aged 88)
Original team(s)	North Melbourne (VFA)
Height / weight	175 cm / 80 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1923–1925	Essendon	19 (4)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1925.

George Rawle (2 December 1889 – 12 June 1978) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the VFL during the 1920s. Rawle suffered a severe ankle injury when a boy, and the bone calloused, leading to the foot being badly deformed. Rawle tightly bandaged the injured foot, which enabled him to play.^[1]

Rawle was 33 years old when he made his league debut with Essendon in 1923, the second oldest to debut in history behind his teammate Charlie Hardy. He was a late inclusion in the 1923 VFL Grand Final, making Rawle one of just three footballers in history to play in a premiership on debut after Essendon beat Fitzroy by 17 points. The following season he played in another premiership.

The reason many Essendon players started their VFL careers late was because the likes of Rawle, Hardy and Syd Barker had been with North Melbourne in the VFA and joined Essendon when North briefly disbanded in 1921. Rawle's case was slightly different, he crossed to Essendon's VFA club, Essendon Association, and returned to North Melbourne in 1922 as captain-coach before becoming coach of Essendon seconds in 1923.

His career at North Melbourne had begun in 1911 and he played in their 1914, 1915 and 1918 premierships. After he left Essendon he returned to the VFA as captain-coach of Camberwell for their inaugural season.

Rawle's son Keith later became an Essendon premiership player.

References

↑ Atkinson, Graeme (1989). 3AW Book of Footy Records. South Melbourne,: Magistra Publishing Company Pty Ltd. p. 278. ISBN 1863210091.

External links

George Rawle's statistics from AFL Tables
George Rawle's profile from AustralianFootball.com

North Melbourne Football Club 1914 VFA premiers

Barker Carpenter Cave Condon Cornell Franks Gardiner Hardy (c) Hawkins Hopkins Jones Miles Moran Rawle Speakman Woodington

North Melbourne Football Club 1915 VFA premiers

Barker (c) Cave J. Clarke Condon Cornell Dodemaide Franks Gardiner Hart Hardy Hawkins Jones Miles Rawle Sheahan Speakman

North Melbourne Football Club 1918 VFA premiers

Barker (c) Brown Cave Condon Donnelly Forbes Franks Gardiner Hardy Hart Hawkins Johnson McCarthy Rawle Sheahan Stevens Tonkin

Essendon Football Club 1923/24 VFL premiers

1923: Essendon 8.15 (63) defeated Fitzroy 6.10 (46), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1924: Essendon won the finals series with 2 wins, 1 loss, and a percentage of 142.74

1. Barker (c) 2. Donaldson 3. Beckton 5. Baring 6. Fitzmaurice 6. Rawle 10. Watt 14. May 15. Laing 16. McCarthy 21. Jenkins 24. Maher 25. Stockdale 28. Garden 30. Shorten 33. Hardy

Coach: Barker

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