Born in Warrnacknabeal Smale played as a forward for the town team and he won the Wimmera Football League goalkicking award in 1952 and 1953. Keen to have a go in the VFL he wrote to Collingwood asking for a try out. He spent the Easter Saturday in Melbourne with a six-game permit in case he was wanted. Collingwood was impressed and he got a clearance.
Smale left Collingwood after the premiership win to return to his hometown of Warracknabeal, finishing with 324 games for the club, and winning two premierships.
In 2008 Collingwood granted him a life membership.[1]
Referencesedit
^"Pies honour Smale fo [sic] life". 4 November 2008.
External linksedit
Ken Smale's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Ken Smale at AustralianFootball.com
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smale, this, biography, living, person, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, adding, reliable, sources, contentious, material, about, living, persons, that, unsourced, poorly, sourced, must, removed, immediately, from, article, talk, page,. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Ken Smale news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2016 Learn how and when to remove this message Ken Smale born 5 November 1933 is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League VFL Ken SmalePersonal informationDate of birth 1933 11 05 5 November 1933 age 90 Original team s Warracknabeal Wimmera FL Height185 cm 6 ft 1 in Weight85 kg 187 lb Playing career1YearsClubGames Goals 1955 1958Collingwood60 98 1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1958 Career highlightsCollingwood premiership player 1958Sources AFL Tables AustralianFootball com Born in Warrnacknabeal Smale played as a forward for the town team and he won the Wimmera Football League goalkicking award in 1952 and 1953 Keen to have a go in the VFL he wrote to Collingwood asking for a try out He spent the Easter Saturday in Melbourne with a six game permit in case he was wanted Collingwood was impressed and he got a clearance Ken Smale was a forward player in the losing Grand Finals against Melbourne in 1955 and 1956 but he was on the bench when Collingwood won the 1958 VFL Grand Final Smale left Collingwood after the premiership win to return to his hometown of Warracknabeal finishing with 324 games for the club and winning two premierships In 2008 Collingwood granted him a life membership 1 References edit Pies honour Smale fo sic life 4 November 2008 External links editKen Smale s playing statistics from AFL Tables Ken Smale at AustralianFootball com nbsp This Australian rules football biography of a person born in the 1930s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ken Smale amp oldid 1223172271, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
