Gordon Ogden

Gordon Ogden
Personal information
Full name	Gordon Ogden
Date of birth	14 February 1909
Original team	Northcote CYMS
Height/Weight	177 cm / 69 kg
Position(s)	Back pocket
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1928–37	Melbourne	134 (3)
1 Playing statistics to end of 1937 season .

Gordon Ogden (born 14 February 1909, date of death unknown) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Ogden, the son of dual Essendon premiership player Percy, was recruited from Northcote CYMS. He played at Melbourne as a back pocket specialist and represented the VFL five times during his career. After appearing in losing Preliminary Finals at the end of the 1936 and 1937 seasons, Ogden left the club for Williamstown in the Victorian Football Association.

From 1939 to 1941, the same years that Melbourne would win three premierships, Ogden captain-coached Williamstown. He steered them to a flag in 1939 and returned after in 1945 the war to captain-coach the club for one final season. Ogden did however spent two more years as non playing coach, in 1948 and to another premiership in 1949. The former Melbourne defender then coached Yarraville to a Grand Final in 1953, a surprise considering they had claimed the previous three wooden spoons.

References

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

The Victorian Team that beat New South Wales, in Sydney, 23.17 (155) to 19.22 (136) during the 1933 Sydney Carnival on Wednesday, 2 August 1933.
Back Row: R.T. "Dick" Mullaly (South Melbourne; selector), D.H. “Dave” Crone (Carlton; selector), R. Lee (trainer) Alf "Rosie" Dummett (Collingwood; selector).
Third Row: Charlie Gaudion, Charlie Davey, Paddy Walsh, Norman Ware, Gordon Strang, Gordon Coventry, Jim Adamson.
Second Row: William Roberts, Jack L. Collins, Reg Hickey, John Francis Meere (North Melbourne; manager), Syd Coventry (captain), Haydn Bunton, Bob Pratt, Bert Hyde.
Front Row: Harry Clarke, Wilfred "Chicken" Smallhorn, Jack Anderson, Billy Libbis, Gordon Ogden.

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