Ken Rollason
{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Ken Rollason
| image = Ken Rollason (before 1950).jpg
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| caption =
| fullname = Kenneth Neville Cumstie Rollason
| birth_date = {{birth date|1928|07|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = Ballarat, Victoria
| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|07|27|1928|07|12|df=y}}
| death_place = Malvern, Victoria
| originalteam = Old Melburnians Football Club
| height = 193cm
| weight = 81kg
| position =
| statsend = 1950
| years1 = 1949–50
| club1 = {{AFL Mel}}
| games_goals1 = 11 (13)
| careerhighlights =
}}
Kenneth Neville Cumstie Rollason (12 July 1928 – 27 July 2017) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2009), p.719.
Family
The second son of Geelong player Neville Rollason (1895-1976) and Mary Agnes (Maisie) Cumstie (1891-1958), Kenneth Rollason was born on 12 July 1928 at Ballarat, Victoria.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3950329 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=The Argus |issue=25,564 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=18 July 1928 |page=1}}
He married Valma Janet Johnson (1931-) on 2 May 1956.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71800599 Woman's Page, The Argus, (Thursday, 3 May 1956), p.8.]
Education
Educated at Melbourne Grammar School, and already a tall lad,[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article142419312 Melbourne Grammar School (photograph), The Australasian, (Saturday, 29 July 1944), p.22.] he played his first match for the school's First XVIII at the age of 14.'Old Boy', "In School and Out: Public Schools Football: A Stirring Contest", The Australasian, (Saturday, 15 July 1944), pp.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article142419252 20], [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page12685325 28.]
Football
=Old Melburnians (VAFA)=
In 1948, while playing for the Old Melburnians Football Club (OMFC) in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA){{Broken anchor|date=2024-09-17|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Victorian Amateur Football Association#Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA)|reason= The anchor (Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA)) has been deleted.}}, he was selected in the Victorian team that played in Western Australia in the Third Amateur Football Carnival. Playing at full-back, he won the Grosvenor Medal, awarded to the Carnival's best and fairest player.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46928353 Medal Winner, The West Australian, Friday, 13 August 1948), p.25.][https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/52645911 Refused £14 Week to Play in W.A., The (Launceston) Examiner, (Thursday, 19 August 1948), p.14.]
=Melbourne (VFL)=
Although he was originally "residentially bound to St Kilda",[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22551823 Cannon, Jack, "Umpires' Charges Not Sustained", The Argus, (Wednesday, 28 April 1948), p.16.] he was cleared to Melbourne from Old Melburnians on 13 April 1949,[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22722629 Coleman Cleared to Essendon, The Argus, (14 April 1949), p.15.] having resided in Melbourne's allotted territory for three years.Demonwiki.
He played in 11 senior games for Melbourne (kicking 13 goals) over two seasons (1949 and 1950).[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22822829 Taylor, Percy, "Melbourne's Search may be Over: Rollason Shines in New Position", The Argus, (Monday, 10 April 1950), p.15.][http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article178603647 Rollason at Melbourne, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 15 April 1950), p.6.][http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22822829 Rollason kicks Eleven Goals, The Argus, (Monday, 17 April 1950), p.16.][http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article244162549 Melbourne's New Star Forward, The Herald, (Tuesday, 25 April 1950), p.18.]
He left Melbourne halfway through the 1950 season when he made a business trip to England.Demonwiki.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22905651 Rollason Leaves, The Argus, (Friday, 11 August 1950), p.11.]
=Old Melburnians (VAFA)=
He returned to Old Melburnians in 1953,[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23239462 Big Test for New Teams, The Argus, (Saturday, 18 April 1953), p.12.] and was still playing for them in 1957.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71645242 What a Duel this will be!, The Argus, (Tuesday, 10 July 1956), p.15.][https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cWEQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sZUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6969%2C2459190 Collegians' Bid to Change Amateur Lead, The Age, (Thursday, 18 July 1957), p.17.] He was selected at full-back in the Old Melburnians Football Club's "Team of the Century".[https://www.omfc.com.au/history-omfc#important OMFC Team of the Century, "omfc.com.au''.]
Death
He died at the Frances Xavier Cabrini Hospital in Malvern, Victoria on 27 July 2017.{{cite book |title=AFL Record Season 2018 |isbn=9781865133430|editor=Lovett, Michael |page=1198}}
Notes
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References
- {{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2009 |edition=8th |isbn=978-1-921496-00-4 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria}}
- [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article189461759 Photograph, The Age, (Thursday, 18 August 1949), p.5.]
External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{AFL Tables|ref=K/Ken_Rollason.html}}
- {{AustralianFootball|ref=ken%2Brollason/7838}}
- [http://demonwiki.org/Ken+Rollason Ken Rollason, at Demonwiki.]
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Category:People educated at Melbourne Grammar School
Category:Australian rules footballers from Ballarat
Category:Old Melburnians Football Club players
Category:Melbourne Football Club players