Jim Sandral

Jim Sandral (born 19 February 1933) is a former Australian rules football player who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Jim Sandral
Personal information
Date of birth (1933-02-19) 19 February 1933
Original team(s) Rennie, Corowa
Height 179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1956–1957 Melbourne 22 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1957.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Sandral, who didn't start playing football until the age of 16, commenced his football with Rennie Football Club and played in their 1952[1] and 1954 premiership teams and winning the club Best and Fairest award in and 1952 and 1954.[2] Sandral won the Coreen & District Football League - Best and Fairest award in 1953.[3][4] He was also runner up to his Rennie coach, Frank O' Leary[5] in the 1952 Coreen & District Football League best and fairest award, the Archie Denis Memorial Trophy.[6]

Sandral went into the Ovens and Murray Football League and played with Corowa in 1955 and was signed up by the Melbourne Football Club after starring for the O&MFL in the 1955 Victorian Country Football Championships.[7]

Sandral went onto play in Melbourne's 1956 VFL premiership team.[8][9] Only a reserve in Melbourne's semi-final win, Sandral was given a starting spot for the 1956 VFL Grand Final, on a half forward flank, due to an injury suffered by Geoff McGivern in the semi final.[10] He played a total of 22 league games with Melbourne.[11]

After leaving Melbourne, Sandral returned to Corowa in 1958[12] as captain / coach of Corowa in 1958 and 1959.

Sandral won the Ovens & Murray Football League's best and fairest award, the Morris Medal, three times.[12] His first win was in 1959, the second of his two years as coach, then had further wins in 1962 and 1964.[12]

Sandral also won Corowa's best and fairest award in 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963 and 1964.

Sandral then returned home to the Rennie Football Club and coached them from 1965 to 1970, winning the club best and fairest in 1970, plus winning the Coreen & District Football League premiership in 1970 in his last game of football![13]

He was inducted into the Ovens and Murray Football League's Hall of Fame in 2005.[14] His son Denis played 348 senior games and won five best and fairest awards for Corowa Rutherglen Football Club was also inducted into the O&MFNL - Hall of Fame, in 2009.[15]

References
  1. "1952 - Rennie FC Presentation Night Dinner". Trove Newspapers. The Corowa Free Press.
  2. "1954 - Rennie celebrates football premiership". Trove Newspapers. Corowa Free Press.
  3. "1953 - Coreen & DFL - Best & Fairest". Trove Newspapers. The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser.
  4. "1953 - Coreen & DFL - Best & Fairest". Trove Newspapers. The Corowa Free Press. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  5. "1952 - Coreen & DFL - Best & Fairest Award". Trove Newspapers. The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser.
  6. "1952 - Coreen & DFL Best & Fairest". Trove Newspapers. The Lockhart Review & Oaklands Advertiser.
  7. "1955 - Melbourne FC sign Sandral". Trove Newspapers. The Argus.
  8. ABC News, "Sandral elevated as fourth Ovens and Murray legend", 19 June 2013, Nick Fogarty
  9. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  10. "They didn't take long to decide". The Argus. Melbourne, Vic. 14 September 1956. p. 22. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  11. "Jim Sandral". AFL Tables.
  12. "Jim Sandral - Corowa". Fox Sports Pulse.
  13. "The Artful Defender". On Reflection. Kevin B. Hill.
  14. "2013 - O&MFNL Hall of Fame". O&MFNL. Ovens & Murray FNL.
  15. "2009 - O&MFNL - Hall of Fame". O&MFNL. Ovens & Murray FNL.


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