Alby Rodda

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer (1920–2002)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Alby Rodda

| image = Alby Rodda (1948-1949).jpg

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| fullname = Albert Rupert Joseph Rodda

| birth_date = {{birth date|1920|9|8|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Eaglehawk, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|2002|5|15|1920|9|8|df=yes}}Obituary in the Herald Sun, 16 May 2002

| death_place = Myrtleford, Victoria

| originalteam = State Savings BankThe Argus,[http://www.trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/11171589 "La Fontaine or Truscott"], 18 March 1938, p. 18

| height = 166 cm

| weight = 80 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1950

| years1 = 1939–1950

| club1 = Melbourne

| games_goals1 = 131 (142)

| careerhighlights = * Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal 1949

• Melbourne premiership player 1939, 1940, 1948

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Albert Rupert Joseph Rodda (8 September 1920 – 15 May 2002) was an Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Rodda played 50 odd games with the State Savings Bank Football Club in the Amateurs prior to joining Melbourne.{{cite web |title=1938 - COLLEGIANS FAVORED AGAINST BANK |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/243462579 |publisher=The Herald (Melbourne, Vic) |access-date=14 November 2021 |pages=18 |date=8 July 1938}} He was a member of the Melbourne's VFL premiership teams in 1939, 1940 and 1948.[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/12685233 Taylor, Percy, "Melbourne are Proud of their Great War Record", The Australasian, (Saturday, 24 June 1944), p.23.] Rodda was a member of Melbourne's 1946 losing VFL grand final team and was Melbourne's best player in the 1948 drawn VFL grand final.{{cite web |title=1948 - DONS SCORE 7-27 IN LEAGUE DRAW |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/243528745 |publisher=The Herald (Melbourne, Vic) |access-date=14 November 2021 |pages=20 |date=2 October 1948}}

Rodda coached Myrtleford in the Ovens & Murray Football League from 1951 to 1954, and was runner up in the 1955 O&MFL best and fairest award, the Morris Medal in 1955.{{cite web |title=Ovens & Murray FNL - Morris Medalists |url=https://www.omfnl.com.au/best-and-fairest-seniors-morris-medal/ |publisher=O&MFNL |access-date=12 November 2021}} Rodda then coached Bright in the Ovens & King Football League in 1956 and 1957 and won the club best and fairest in 1957 too.{{cite web |title=Bright FNC - Best & Fairest |url=https://websites.mygameday.app/club_info.cgi?c=0-6189-80822-437965-25836982&sID=415247 |website=Bright FNC |access-date=5 November 2021}}

Rodda also served in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War Two.{{cite web |title=World War Two Service |url=https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=966807&c=WW2#R |website=Australian Government |publisher=Department of Veteran Affairs}}