Mel Rudd

{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1914}}

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{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Mel Rudd

| image =

| fullname = Melville Rudd

| birth_date = {{birth date|1914|02|28|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{death date and age|1994|03|19|1914|02|28|df=y}}

| death_place =

| originalteam = The Rock, Collingullie, Mangoplah

| height = 175 cm

| weight = 76 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1935

| years1 = 1935

| club1 = {{AFL Fit}}

| games_goals1 = 5 (1)

| careerhighlights =

}}

Mel Rudd (28 February 1914 – 19 March 1994) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=773}}

Rudd was recruited from the Wagga Australian Rules Football League club, Collingullie, in 1935.{{cite web |title=1935 - Fitzroy invite Rudd to train |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/143627537 |website=Trove Newspapers |publisher=Daily Advertiser, Wagga |accessdate=9 September 2020 |pages=5 |date=21 September 1934}}{{cite web |title=1935 - M Rudd for Fitzroy |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/144553764 |website=Trove Newspapers |publisher=Daily Advertiser, Wagga |accessdate=9 September 2020 |pages=4 |date=11 March 1935}}