Doug Long

Doug Long
Personal information
Full name	Doug Long
Date of birth	28 March 1940
Date of death	February 2009
Place of death	Adelaide
Original team	South Gambier
Height/Weight	193 cm / 94 kg
Position(s)	Ruckman
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1957-61 1962-69	Geelong Glenelg	73 (52) 135
1 Playing statistics to end of 1969 season .

Doug Long (28 March 1940 - February 2009) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Glenelg in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

A ruckman from South Gambier, Long spent five seasons with Geelong and participated in their 1961 Night Premiership win. He moved to South Australia in 1962, having been appointed captain-coach of Glenelg, despite only turning 22 at the start of the season. After steering the club to fifth position that year, Glenelg fell to seventh in 1963 and he was replaced by Len Fitzgerald. He continued to give Glenelg good service as a player and was often used at full-back when Neil Kerley was coach later in the decade. A seven time South Australian interstate representative, Long was inducted into Glenelg's 'Hall of Fame' in 2006.

References

• Doug Long's statistics from AFL Tables
• Full Points Footy: Doug Long
• Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

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Name	Long, Doug
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Date of birth	28 March 1940
Place of birth
Date of death	2009
Place of death	Adelaide