Ron Savage

Ron Savage
Ron Savage
Personal information
Full name	Ronald Ellis Savage
Date of birth	22 April 1917
Place of birth	Carlton, Victoria
Date of death	15 January 1974 (aged 56)
Place of death	Mooroopna, Victoria
Original team(s)	Vermont
Debut	Round 14, 1938, Carlton vs. Essendon, at Princes Park
Height	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	89 kg (196 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club
1938–1945	Carlton
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1945.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ronald Ellis Savage (22 April 1917 – 15 January 1974) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of unmarried mother Violet Irene Ellis (1891–1919), Ronald Ellis was born at Carlton on 22 April 1917. Shortly after his birth he was adopted by Joseph William Savage (1874–1952) and Annie Savage, nee Harrison, and took the name Ronald Ellis Savage.

Football

Savage made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in round 14 of the 1938 season. He left the club after winning the best and fairest award in 1945.

He moved Tasmania for a few years and played or coached Hobart in the Tasmanian Football League (1946–47), Franklin in the Huon Football Association in 1948, and then City (1949–50) and Longford (1951–52) in the Northern Tasmanian Football Association. Savage then returned to Victoria to coach the Red Cliffs Football Club.

War service

In the middle of his time at Carlton, Savage enlisted to serve in the Australian Army during World War II.^[2]

Death

Ronald Ellis Savage died at Mooroopna on 15 January 1974 and was cremated at Fawkner Memorial Park.^[3]

External links

Ron Savage's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Ron Savage at Blueseum

Notes

^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 786. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
^ "World War II Roll: SAVAGE, Ronald Ellis". Department of Veterans Affairs.
^ "Ronald Ellis Savage". Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust.

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[1] Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 786. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

[2] "World War II Roll: SAVAGE, Ronald Ellis". Department of Veterans Affairs.

[3] "Ronald Ellis Savage". Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust.

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v t e Carlton Football Club 1945 VFL premiers
Carlton 15.13 (103) defeated South Melbourne 10.15 (75), at Princes Park
1. Hands 3. Bennett 4. Way 5. Collins 6. Chitty (c) 7. Turner 10. Wines 12. Williams 14. McLean 15. Brown 16. Mooring 18. Sanger 21. Baxter 23. Deacon 24. Savage 25. Baird 26. Clark 30. Price 31. McInnes
Coach: Bentley