- Gordon Lane
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Gordon Lane 
Personal information Birth 30 May 1921 Recruited from Essendon United Height and weight 187cm / 91 kg Playing career¹ Team(s) Essendon (1940-49)
- 131 games, 256 goals
South Melbourne (1950-1952)
- 47 games, 94 goals
Total - 178 Games, 350 Goals
¹ Statistics to end of 1952 season Gordon 'Whopper' Lane (born 30 May 1921) is a former Australian rules footballer who represented the Essendon and South Melbourne in the VFL. He played as a forward with a strong overhead mark and was rated by Jack Dyer in 1946 as 'the best centre half forward in the game'.
He is best remembered for his performances in Essendon's Grand Finals of the 1940s. In the 1942 final he kicked six goals and in 1946 kicked seven.
Lane missed out on a chance to play in another Grand Final in 1947 due to him breaking his ribs in the preliminary final. He was injured again the following season, this time it was his knee and he moved to South Melbourne in 1950 where he would be both captain and coach for three years.
Career Highlights
- 3 time Premiership player with Essendon 1942, 1946, 1949
- 2nd in the 1946 Essendon best and fairest count
- Captain and coach of South Melbourne 1950 - 52
- South Melbourne leading goalkicker 1950 and 1952
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Essendon Football Club 1942 VFL Premiers Essendon 19.18 (132) defeated Richmond 11.13 (79), at Princes Park Captain: 3. D. Reynolds | 1. Coward | 4. Exelby | 5. Caesar | 6. Hird | 7. Hutchison | 8. Plummer | 10. Dearle | 14. Leehane | 15. Buttsworth | 19. Cassin | 20. Torney | 21. Ruddell | 22. Lane | 25. Abbott | 28. Silk | 29. T. Reynolds | 30. Flanigan | 35. BushbyCoach: D. Reynolds Essendon Football Club 1946 VFL Premiers Essendon 22.18 (150) defeated Melbourne 13.9 (87), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground Captain: 3. Reynolds | 1. Tonkes | 2. Rawle | 5. H. Lambert | 6. Hassell | 7. Hutchison | 13. Harper | 14. C. Lambert | 15. Buttsworth | 18. Gardiner | 19. Cassin | 20. Pearson | 21. Ruddell | 22. Lane | 23. Brittingham | 24. Jones | 25. Abbott | 31. McClure | 32. Equid | 35. BushbyCoach: Reynolds Essendon Football Club 1949 VFL Premiers Essendon 18.17 (125) defeated Carlton 6.16 (52), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground Coach: Reynolds Captains of the South Melbourne Football Club/Sydney Swans 1897–1898: Fraser • 1899: Adamson • 1900: Windley • 1901: Trim • 1902: Windley • 1903: Fogarty • 1904–1905: McGee • 1906: Howson • 1907–1908: Dolphin • 1909: Ricketts • 1910–1911: Thomas • 1912: Ricketts • 1913: H. Kelly • 1914–1915; 1917:* Belcher • 1918–1919: Caldwell • 1920: Belcher • 1921: Willis • 1922: Tandy • 1923–1925: P. Scanlan • 1926–1927: Pannam • 1928: J. Scanlan • 1929: Stanbridge • 1930–1931: J. Scanlan • 1932: Leonard • 1933–1936: Bisset • 1937: Nash • 1938–1945: Matthews • 1946–1948: Graham • 1949: Lucas • 1950–1952: Lane • 1953–1954: Clegg • 1955: Gunn • 1956: Gillett • 1957–1960: Clegg • 1961–1971: Skilton • 1972: Rantall • 1973–1976: Bedford • 1977–1979: Quade • 1980–1983: Round • 1984: Round/Browning • 1985: Browning • 1986–1992: Carroll • 1993–2002: P. Kelly • 2003–2005: Maxfield • 2006–2007: Hall/Kirk/Barry • 2008: Hall/Barry/Bolton • 2009–2010: Bolton/Goodes/Kirk • 2011: Goodes/McVeigh*South Melbourne did not participate in the VFL in 1916 due to World War ICoaches of the South Melbourne Football Club/Sydney Swans 1909: Ricketts • 1910–1911: Thomas • 1912: Ricketts • 1913: Kelly • 1914–1917: Belcher • 1918–1919: Elms/Howson • 1920: Hiskins • 1921: Wood • 1922: Cazaly • 1923–1928: Pannam • 1929: Caldwell • 1929: Fleiter • 1930–1931: Scanlan • 1932: Leonard • 1933–1936: Bisset • 1935: Diggins • 1937–1938: Cazaly • 1939: Matthews • 1940: Baggott • 1941–1944: Kelly • 1945–1948: Adams • 1948–1949: Hale • 1950–1952: Lane • 1953: Nash • 1954–1957: Matthews • 1958–1959: Clegg • 1960–1961: Faul • 1962–1964: McMahen • 1965–1966: Skilton • 1965: Lahiff • 1967–1968: Miller • 1969–1972: Smith • 1973–1975: John • 1976–1977: Stewart • 1978: Tuddenham • 1979–1981: Stewart • 1982–1984: Quade • 1984: Franklin • 1984: Hammond • 1985: Northey • 1986–1988: Hafey • 1989–1991: Kinnear • 1992–1993: Buckenara • 1993: Scott • 1993–1995: Barassi • 1996–2002: Eade • 2002–2010: Roos • 2011–: LongmireItalics denote caretaker coachSydney Swans • Leading Goalkickers 1897: McKay • 1898: Colgan • 1899: Colgan • 1900: Lampe • 1901: Lampe • 1902: Goding • 1903: Goding • 1904: Clements • 1905: Clements • 1906: Mortimer • 1907: Mortimer • 1908: Mortimer • 1909: Mortimer • 1910: Mortimer • 1911: Mortimer • 1912: Mortimer • 1913: Strang • 1914: Freeman • 1915: Morgan • 1917: Morgan • 1918: Ryan • 1919: H. Robertson • 1920: Wootton • 1921: Cazaly • 1922: Cazaly • 1923: Johnson • 1924: Johnson • 1925: Johnson • 1926: Johnson • 1927: Johnson • 1928: Johnson • 1929: A. Robertson, Sr. • 1930: A. Robertson, Sr. • 1931: A. Robertson, Sr. • 1932: Pratt • 1933: Pratt • 1934: Pratt • 1935: Pratt • 1936: Pratt • 1937: Nash • 1938: Moore • 1939: Pratt • 1940: Reiffel • 1941: Graham • 1942: White • 1943: Culph • 1944: Hartridge • 1945: Nash • 1946: Mears • 1947: Williams • 1948: Graham • 1949: Jones • 1950: Lane • 1951: Williams • 1952: Lane • 1953: Gillett • 1954: Lane • 1955: Lane • 1956: Gunn • 1957: Goldsmith • 1958: Oaten • 1959: Skilton • 1960: Oaten • 1961: McGowan • 1962: Skilton • 1963: Skilton • 1964: Papley • 1965: Kingston • 1966: A. Robertson, Jr. • 1967: Sudholz • 1968: Sudholz • 1969: Sudholz • 1970: Sudholz • 1971: Bedford • 1972: Bedford • 1973: Bedford • 1974: Goss • 1975: Teasdale • 1976: Dean • 1977: Teasdale • 1978: Murphy • 1979: Morwood • 1980: Roberts • 1981: Roberts • 1982: Morwood • 1983: Braddy • 1984: Capper • 1985: Capper • 1986: Capper • 1987: Capper • 1988: Mitchell • 1989: Toohey • 1990: West • 1991: Love • 1992: Minton-Connell • 1993: Minton-Connell • 1994: Minton-Connell • 1995: Lockett • 1996: Lockett • 1997: Lockett • 1998: Lockett • 1999: Lockett • 2000: O'Loughlin • 2001: O'Loughlin • 2002: Hall • 2003: Hall • 2004: Hall • 2005: Hall • 2006: Hall • 2007: Hall • 2008: Hall • 2009: Goodes • 2010: Goodes • 2011: GoodesCategories:- 1921 births
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria
- Sydney Swans players
- Sydney Swans coaches
- Essendon Football Club players
- Living people
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