Ian Ridley

Australian rules footballer

Ian Ridley
Personal information
Full name	Ian Jeffrey Ridley
Date of birth	15 February 1934
Place of birth	Jeparit, Victoria
Date of death	13 November 2008(2008-11-13) (aged 74)
Original team(s)	Hamilton Imperials
Height	166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1954–1961	Melbourne	130 (228)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1971–1973	Melbourne	66 (28–37–1)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1973.
Career highlights
5× VFL premierships: 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960 Melbourne leading goalkicker: 1960 Melbourne Team of the Century–emergency Melbourne Hall of Fame–Legend status
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ian Jeffrey Ridley (15 February 1934 – 13 November 2008) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL.^[1]

Playing career

Ridley was a rover who was handy around goals and a 5-time premiership player with Melbourne. He topped Melbourne's goalkicking in 1960 with 38 goals and went on to coach the club during the 1970s.

Sports administration career

From 1991 until 1996 he served as the President of Melbourne Football Club. Although a well loved player, he lost his popularity with his huge push for the Demons to merge with Hawthorn. After the merger was defeated, he was replaced with Joseph Gutnick. He was named as an emergency in their official 'Team of the Century'.^[2]

Book

Ridley, Ian (2002). Urge to Merge. Crown Content. ISBN 1-74095-002-X.

References

^ "Demons legend Ian Ridley dies". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 13 November 2008.
^ "From the Archives, 1996: Proposed Demons, Hawks merger sparks outrage". 13 September 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2022.

External links

Ian Ridley's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Ian Ridley at AustralianFootball.com

Melbourne Football Club · Team of the Century

Full-back

John Beckwith
Tassie Johnson
Don Cordner

Half-back

Centre

Half-forward

Full-forward

Ruck

Denis Cordner
Ron Barassi (c)
Stuart Spencer

Interchange

Emergencies

Stan Alves
Ian Ridley
Bob Johnson
Greg Wells

Coach

Norm Smith

v t e Melbourne Football Club 1955/56/57 1959/60 VFL premiers
1955: Melbourne 8.16 (64) defeated Collingwood 5.6 (36), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1956: Melbourne 17.19 (121) defeated Collingwood 6.12 (48), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1957: Melbourne 17.14 (116) defeated Essendon 7.13 (55), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1959: Melbourne 17.13 (115) defeated Essendon 11.12 (78), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1960: Melbourne 8.14 (62) defeated Collingwood 2.2 (14), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
6. Adams 11. Mithen 18/16. Johnson 24. Ridley 30. Beckwith (c 1957/59) 31. Barassi (c 1960)
Coach: Smith

v t e Coaches of the Melbourne Football Club
VFL/AFL	1907–1909: Hall 1910: Drohan 1911–1913: Hall 1914: Incigneri 1915: McKenzie 1919: Heinz 1920: Brosnan 1921–1923: Wilson 1924: Rattray 1925–1927: Chadwick 1928–1932: Warne-Smith 1933–1941: Hughes 1942–1944: Beames 1945–1948: Hughes 1949–1951: La Fontaine 1952–1965: Smith 1965: Hughes 1965–1967: Smith 1968–1970: Beckwith 1971–1973: Ridley 1974–1977: Skilton 1978: Jones 1979–1980: Ditterich 1981–1985: Barassi 1986–1992: Northey 1993–1997: Balme 1997: Hutchison 1998–2007: Daniher 2007: Riley 2008–2011: Bailey 2011: Viney 2012–2013: Neeld 2013: Craig 2014–2016: Roos 2017–: Goodwin
AFL Women's	2017–: Stinear
Italics denote caretaker coach

v t e Melbourne Football Club · leading goalkickers
Pre-VFL	1859: Wray 1860: Hammersley 1861: Lucas/Nicholls/Wray 1862: Nicholls 1863: Bryant/Conway/Nicholls/Tait 1864: Tait 1865: Fleming 1866: Fleming 1867: Campbell 1868: Bell 1869: Carr 1870: Carr 1871: Loughnan 1872: Loughnan 1873: Carr/Loughnan 1874: Loughnan 1875: Nicholls 1876: Nicholls 1877: Baker 1878: Baker 1879: J. McDonald 1880: J. McDonald/McKenzie 1881: Stiffe 1882: Aitken/J. McDonald/Power/Ulbrick 1883: Stiffe 1884: McAlister 1885: Carroll 1886: Baird 1887: Burns 1888: King 1889: W. Smith 1890: W. Smith 1891: W. Smith 1892: Graham 1893: Roche 1894: Christy/McCarthy 1895: McGinis/Roche 1896: Leith
VFL/AFL	1897: Leith 1898: Young 1899: Leith 1900: Ryan 1901: Langley 1902: Leith 1903: Coutie 1904: Coutie 1905: H. Cordner 1906: Onyons 1907: Leith 1908: Coutie 1909: Brereton 1910: Fairbairn 1911: Brereton 1912: Brereton 1913: Maguire 1914: Best 1915: Park 1919: Heinz 1920: Harker 1921: Harker 1922: Harker 1923: Tulloh 1924: Tulloh 1925: Davie 1926: Moyes 1927: Davie 1928: Johnson Sr. 1929: Taylor 1930: Margitich 1931: Margitich 1932: Margitich 1933: Johnson Sr. 1934: Mueller 1935: Gibb 1936: Glass 1937: Baggott 1938: N. Smith 1939: N. Smith 1940: N. Smith 1941: N. Smith 1942: Fanning 1943: Fanning 1944: Fanning 1945: Fanning 1946: Mueller 1947: Fanning 1948: Arnold 1949: McKenzie 1950: Denis Cordner 1951: McKenzie 1952: Clarke 1953: McKenzie 1954: Clarke 1955: Spencer 1956: Johnson Jr. 1957: Webb 1958: Barassi/Webb 1959: Barassi 1960: Ridley 1961: Johnson Jr. 1962: Mithen 1963: Bourke 1964: Townsend 1965: Townsend 1966: Vagg 1967: Mann 1968: Mann 1969: Dillon 1970: Dillon 1971: Callery 1972: Parke 1973: Brewer 1974: Brewer 1975: Wells 1976: Biffin 1977: Brewer 1978: Coles 1979: Flower 1980: Crosswell 1981: M. Jackson 1982: Gerard Healy 1983: Flower 1984: Templeton 1985: Wilson 1986: Greg Healy 1987: Flower 1988: R. Jackson 1989: Bennett 1990: Bennett 1991: Jakovich 1992: Jakovich 1993: Jakovich 1994: Lyon 1995: Lyon 1996: Neitz 1997: Farmer/Neitz 1998: Farmer 1999: Neitz 2000: Farmer 2001: Robertson 2002: Neitz 2003: Neitz 2004: Neitz 2005: Robertson 2006: Neitz 2007: Robertson 2008: Miller 2009: Robertson 2010: Green 2011: Jurrah 2012: Clark 2013: Howe 2014: Dawes 2015: Hogan 2016: Hogan 2017: Garlett 2018: T. McDonald 2019: Petracca 2020: Fritsch 2021: Fritsch 2022: Fritsch 2023: Fritsch
AFL Women's	2017: Mifsud 2018: Cunningham 2019: Cunningham 2020: Hore/Scott 2021: Hore 2022 (S6): Harris 2022 (S7): Hore 2023: Zanker