Vale #20,#26,#27 Ron Todd (1916 - 1991)

[Take_a_Screamer]

Banned by the game, shunned by Collingwood but still standing strong: The forgotten story of Ron Todd

"...But there was a legendary player that football deliberately and systematically attempted to obliterate from the game and its collective memory. This was not because of any gross act of immoral or criminal behaviour. Rather, it was because he thumbed their noses at the iron fisted rulers of Australian rules football. That player was Ronald Walford Todd."

Article Source:
https://www.theroar.com.au/2023/07/27/banned-by-the-game-shunned-by-collingwood-but-still-standing-strong-the-forgotten-story-of-ron-todd/

Player Background, Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Todd_(footballer)

[LaurieHolden]

Whenever discussions are held about the game’s great full forwards, Ron Todd’s name will be among them. In the only two seasons he spent solely at full-forward, he averaged more than six goals a game. That’s better than any of the other great full-forwards – Coventry, Lee, Lockett, Dunstall, Hudson, Coleman. And he was just 22 when he played his last game for Collingwood. As his first captain, Harry Collier, said once: “Had he stayed at Collingwood I think he could have been the best of them all.”

https://forever.collingwoodfc.com.au/players/ron-todd/