- Roy Cazaly
Infobox afl player | firstname = Roy
lastname = Cazaly
birthdate = birth date|1893|1|13|df=y
birthplace =Albert Park, Victoria
originalteam = Middle Park Wesley
dead = dead
deathdate = death date|1963|10|10|df=y
deathplace =Hobart, Tasmania
debutdate = Round 15, 29 July 1911
debutteam = St Kilda
debutopponent = Carlton
debutstadium = Princes Park
playingteams = St Kilda (1911-1920) 99 games, 38 goals
South Melbourne (1921-1924, 1926-1927) 99 games, 129 goalsTotal - 198 Games, 167 Goals
coach = coach
coachingteams = South Melbourne (1922) [non-playing coach] (1937-1938)52 games - 12 wins, 38 losses, 2 draws
Hawthorn [non-playing coach] (1942-43)
30 games - 10 wins, 20 losses
statsend = 2005
careerhighlights =
*St Kilda Best and Fairest 1918
*St Kilda Captain 1920
*South Melbourne Best and Fairest 1926
*Victorian State representative 13 timesRoy Cazaly (13 January 1893–10 October 1963) was an
Australian rules football player famous for his high marks, and for giving rise to the phrase "Up There Cazaly ".Early life/career
Cazaly was born in Albert Park, a suburb of
Melbourne on 13 January 1893. He learnt his footballat the local state school, quickly becoming its first-choice ruckman. He made his debut in the Victorian Football League for St Kilda in 1911, for whom he would play 99 matches.VFL fame
In 1920 he was voted "
Champion of the Colony ", but left St Kilda, signing with South Melbourne. He began coaching South Melbourne in 1922 and won the club's Best and Fairest award in 1926.Cazaly was famous for his ability to take spectacular marks despite his small stature, and at South Melbourne a teammate, Fred "Skeeter" Fleiter, would often yell "Up there, Cazaly", a phrase that would become synonymous with football. He initially developed his marking ability by jumping at a ball strung up in a shed at his home, and held his breath as he jumped, an action that he believed lifted him higher. He also possessed the capacity to kick a football over 65 metres.
Coaching career
In 1928 he departed Victoria and headed for Launceston,
Tasmania , before returning in 1931 to coach the Preston club in theVictorian Football Association . His subsequent return to Tasmania was punctuated by short stints as non-playing coach of South Melbourne (in 1937-38), playing coach of Camberwell (in 1941) and non-playing coach of Hawthorn (in 1942-43), and as non-playing assistant coach of South in 1947. While coaching Hawthorn, he was reported to have given the club its nickname the "Hawks" as he saw it as tougher than their original nickname the "Mayblooms".[
North Hobart Football Club in the early 1930s]Legacy
He is known to have played 378 senior matches (including 13 interstate matches for Victoria and 5 for Tasmania). Throughout his career he stood at just 180 centimetres (5 feet 11 inches) and was incredibly fit. He retired from competitive football in 1941 at the age of 48. Later, he coached (non-playing) New Town to a number of
Tasmanian Football League premierships. After his retirement from football, he was involved in many business ventures before his death inHobart on 10 October 1963. His son, Roy junior, played for New Town after World War Two.The famous line of "Up there, Cazaly" was used a battle cry by Australian forces during
World War II . It is also the name of a song, released in 1979 byMike Brady andTwo-Man Band .Cazaly was inducted into the
Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996 as one of the inaugural twelve "Legends".External links
* [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070606b.htm Australian Dictionary of Biography: Cazaly, Roy (1893 - 1963)]
* [http://www.footballlegends.org/roy_cazaly.htm Roy Cazaly] on [http://www.footballlegends.org Tasmanian Football Legends]
* [http://saints.com.au/default.asp?pg=halloffameprofile&spg=display3&personid=171668 Roy Cazaly profile] on [http://saints.com.au Saints.com.au]
* [http://footystats.freeservers.com/Footystats/StK-05.html St Kilda Honor Board]
* [http://au.geocities.com/sportandhistory/football/cazalycareer.html Roy Cazaly snr]
* [http://member.melbpc.org.au/~lshade/Cazaly/Cazaly.pdf Cazaly Family Tree]
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