Malcolm 'Doc' Seddon (31 May 1888 – 30 August 1955)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
| Mal Seddon | |||
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 Seddon in 1914 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Malcolm Seddon | ||
| Date of birth | 31 May 1888 | ||
| Place of birth | Collingwood, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 30 August 1955 (aged 67) | ||
| Place of death | Abbotsford, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Collingwood District | ||
| Debut | 18 July 1911, Collingwood vs. Geelong, at Corio Oval | ||
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1911–15, 1919–21 | Collingwood | 102 (56) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1921. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Seddon was also a veteran of World War I, where he fought in Europe and spent time in the Middle East from 1915 to 1919. Seddon survived the war and returned to play for Collingwood in 1919.
Controversially, Seddon's drill sergeant, a supporter of rival VFL club Carlton, put Seddon and Collingwood teammate Paddy Rowan through a 10-mile route march on the morning of the 1915 Grand Final.[2]
Whilst overseas, Seddon sent back a horseshoe made from a German bomb along with the remnants of a German aircraft shot down by Australian soldiers at the Battle of the Somme.[3] Seddon sent them to the club as a gesture of good luck. In Seddon's absence, Collingwood won the 1917 Premiership.
Items sent back from Seddon during the war can be seen on display at Collingwood's Holden Centre in Melbourne.
In Seddon's first season back after the war, he was a part of the 1919 Collingwood premiership team that defeated Richmond.
References
edit- ^ "Mal Seddon". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
- ^ New look MCG honours the ANZACs Archived 5 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Don't mess with Anzac spirit
External links
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- Mal Seddon's playing statistics from AFL Tables