Ken Read (footballer)

Ken Read
Personal information
Full name Kenneth Stanley Read
Date of birth (1911-09-28)28 September 1911
Place of birth Ivanhoe, Victoria
Date of death 1 June 1999(1999-06-01) (aged 87)
Original team(s) Doncaster[1]
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1936 Fitzroy 4 (5)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1936.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Kenneth Stanley Read (28 September 1911 – 1 June 1999) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Read later served in the Australian Army during World War II.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ "1936 - Many New Recruits Begin Football Training With Two League Clubs". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic). 17 March 1936. p. 33. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  2. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 734. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  3. ^ "World War II Roll: READ, Kenneth Stanley". Department of Veterans Affairs.


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