- Ernest McIntyre
Infobox afl player NEW
playername = Ernest McIntyre
fullname = Ernest John McIntyre
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image size = 100
birthdate = April 19, 1921
birthplace = Albert Park
dead = dead
deathdate = April 10, 2003
deathplace =Melbourne
originalteam = Sandringham
heightweight = 185 cm / 89 kg
position = Ruckman
debutinformation = Round 12, 1940, St Kilda
vs Fitzroy atJunction Oval
years = 1940-41, 1943-48
1948-49
clubs = St Kilda
Collingwood
games(goals) = 80 (57)
12 (17)
92 (74)
statsend = 1949
careerhighlights =Ernest 'Ernie' McIntyre (April 19, 1921 - April 10, 2003) was an
Australian rules football er who played for St Kilda and Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s.McIntyre, a ruckman, began his football career at Sandringham in 1939 before crossing to the VFL where he joined St Kilda. A dentist by profession, he played his football as an amateur and didn't appear at all for St Kilda in 1942 due to Navy commitments. He represented Victoria in an interstate match against South Australia at Adelaide in 1945.
Noted for his sportsmanlike conduct on the field, on one occasion during a game he helped an opponent
Don Cordner to his feet and also once applauded another opponent Bill Morris after he took a good mark. [cite web|url=http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/mc.htm#Ernie%20McIntyre%20(Sandringham,%20St%20Kilda,%20Collingwood)|title=Ernie McIntyre| publisher=Full Points Footy] This rubbed coachFred Froude and the St Kilda committee up the wrong way and when McIntyre was relegated to 19th man for a game in 1948 he resigned and switched to Collingwood. He appeared in his first ever final series that year, kicking two goals in Collingwood's losing Preliminary Final against Melbourne.He also played two
first-class cricket matches for Victoria, as a right-arm fast-medium pace bowler, taking 11 wickets at 16.45. Both his matches were against Tasmania in December 1946 in what was an understrength Victorian team as these were players not taking part in their Sheffield Shield campaign. In the second fixture, at Hobart, McIntyre took 4/52 in the first innings which were his career best figures. [cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17929.html|title=Tasmania v Victoria 1946/47| publisher=CricketArchive]References
External links
*AflRleague|ref=E/Ern_McIntyre.html
* [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/australia/content/player/6767.html Cricinfo: Ernest McIntyre]
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