Herbie Matthews

Herbie Matthews

Infobox afl player | firstname = Herbie
lastname = Matthews




birthdate = 12 November 1913
birthplace =
originalteam = Fairfield
heightweight = 177 cm / 76 kg
dead =
deathdate =
deathplace =
debutdate = 1932
debutteam = South Melbourne
debutopponent =
debutstadium =
playingteams = South Melbourne (1932-45)
* 191 games, 17 goals
coach =
coachingteams = South Melbourne (1939) (1954-57)
* 90 games, 27 wins, 62 losses, 1 draw
statsend = 1945
careerhighlights =

* Brownlow Medal 1940
* 2nd Brownlow Medal 1937, 1941
* 3rd Brownlow Medal 1936 (equal)
* South MelbourneBest and Fairest 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1943
* South Melbourne captain 1938-45
* South Melbourne/Sydney Swans Team of the Century
* Represented Victoria (4 games, 1 goal)

Herbie Matthews (20 November 1913 - 8 June 1990) was an Australian rules footballer who played for South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League. He was recruited from suburban Fairfield under the League's "father and son" rule. His father, 'Butcher' Matthews, partnered the great Roy Cazaly in South Melbourne's ruck combination of the early 1920s. Although he was smaller and slighter in build than his ruckman father, he was a strong mark and showed a ferocious drive for possession of the football. He was recruited by South Melbourne at the age of 17 in the face of determined approaches from Collingwood and his local VFA club, Northcote. [Branagan, Mark and Lefebvre, Mike, "Bloodstained Angels, The Rise & Fall of the Foreign Legion", 1995, self-published, Melbourne, Australia, page 7]

A centreman/wingman with great pace, stamina and skills, he was awarded the Brownlow Medal in 1940 and was runner up on another two occasions. He won his club's best and fairest award 5 times and captained them from 1938 until 1945

In 1997 Matthews was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame and in 2003 was named on the wing in South Melbourne's official 'Team of the Century'.

References

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* [http://prod.www.afl.cfour.com.au/Season2007/Awards/HallofFame/Players/tabid/856/Default.aspx AFL Hall of Fame]


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