Greg Tate (footballer)

Greg Tate
Personal information
Full name Gregory Herbert Tate
Nickname(s) Spudda
Date of birth (1925-10-21)21 October 1925
Place of birth Essendon, Victoria
Date of death 27 May 2010(2010-05-27) (aged 84)
Original team(s) North Essendon Methodists
Height 171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb)
Position(s) Forward pocket, rover
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1947–1951 Essendon 70 (95)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1951.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Gregory Herbert Tate (21 October 1925 – 27 May 2010)[1] was an Australian rules footballer notable for playing with Essendon in the Victorian Football League.[2]

Football career

Essendon

Tate was recruited by Essendon before the 1947 VFL season from North Essendon Methodists, where he had played football after returning from World War II.[3] In his first season, he played six matches, including the Grand Final which Essendon narrowly lost to Carlton. His Grand Final bad luck continued, missing Essendon's 1949 and 1950 Grand Final triumphs through injury and playing in another losing Grand Final in 1951.[4]

Rutherglen

In 1952 Tate joined Rutherglen in the Ovens & Murray Football League as a captain-coach. While at Rutherglen he coached the team to the premiership in 1954.[4]

Chiltern

After leaving Rutherglen Tate joined Chiltern in the Ovens & King Football League. In 1957 and 1958 he captain-coached Chiltern to successive premierships.[4]

In 2005 Tate was named as coach in Chiltern's "Team of the O&K Years".[5]

Cricket career

Tate played 13 1st XI cricket matches for Essendon Cricket Club in Victorian district cricket between 1942 and 1948.[6]

References

  1. ^ "AFL Annual Report 2010 - Obituaries" (PDF). Australian Football League. p. 109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  2. ^ Greg Tate's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  3. ^ "World War II Roll: TATE, Gregory Herbert". Department of Veterans Affairs.
  4. ^ a b c "Past Player Profiles – TATE, Greg H." Essendon Football Club. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
  5. ^ "Chiltern Football Club – Team of the O&K Years". Chiltern Football Club. 23 April 2005. Retrieved 21 August 2009.[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ "Register of V.C.A. 1st XI Pennant, District & Premier Cricketers: 1889–90 to 2007–08" (PDF). Victorian Cricket Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2009.


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