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Australian rules footballer

Ken Melville

Personal information
Full name	Peter Kennedy Melville
Date of birth	(1931-02-11)11 February 1931
Date of death	18 September 2024(2024-09-18) (aged 93)
Original team(s)	University Blacks (VAFA)
Height	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1953–1956	Melbourne	71 (1)
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1956.
Career highlights
2× VFL premiership player: 1955, 1956 Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal: 1953
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Peter Kennedy Melville (11 February 1931 - 18 September 2024) was a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Recruited from Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) club University Blacks, Melville debuted for Melbourne in 1953 during the early period of Melbourne's golden era. He was a member of the 1955 and 1956 premiership teams before retiring at the end of the 1956 VFL season.

Melville became a Presbyterian minister, serving in Stepney, London in the 1950s and then at Benalla from 1961 to 1964.

References

v t e Melbourne Football Club 1955 VFL premiers
Melbourne 8.16 (64) defeated Collingwood 5.6 (36), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1. Cordner 2. McKenzie 3. Marquis 5. McLean 6. Adams 7. Case 11. Mithen 12. Spencer 14. T. Johnson 16. Laidlaw 17. McGivern 18. B. Johnson 24. Ridley 25. Williams 26. Clarke 28. Gleeson 30. Beckwith 31. Barassi 35. McMahen (c) 38. Melville
Coach: Smith

v t e Melbourne Football Club 1956 VFL premiers
Melbourne 17.19 (121) defeated Collingwood 6.12 (48), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1. Cordner 3. Marquis 6. Adams 8. Sandral 9. Dixon 11. Mithen 12. Spencer 14. T. Johnson 15. Webb 16. Laidlaw 18. B. Johnson 19. Carroll 24. Ridley 25. Williams 28. Gleeson 30. Beckwith 31. Barassi 34. Lane 35. McMahen (c) 38. Melville
Coach: Smith

v t e Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy · Melbourne Football Club best and fairest winners
1935: La Fontaine 1936: La Fontaine 1937: Mueller 1938: N. Smith 1939: Mueller 1940: Baggott 1941: La Fontaine 1942: La Fontaine 1943: Don Cordner 1944: N. Smith 1945: Fanning 1946: Mueller 1947: Lock 1948: Rodda 1949: Dockett 1950: Denis Cordner 1951: McMahen 1952: McGivern 1953: Melville 1954: Denis Cordner 1955: Spencer 1956: Spencer 1957: Beckwith 1958: Mithen 1959: Mithen 1960: Dixon 1961: Barassi 1962: Mann 1963: Mann 1964: Barassi 1965: Townsend 1966: Leahy 1967: Mann 1968: Groom 1969: Townsend 1970: Davis 1971: Wells 1972: Alves 1973: Ditterich 1974: Alves 1975: Fowler 1976: Wells 1977: Flower 1978: Baker 1979: Fowler 1980: Fowler 1981: S. Smith 1982: Icke 1983: Johnson 1984: Gerard Healy 1985: Hughes 1986: Greg Healy 1987: Stretch 1988: O'Dwyer 1989: Johnson 1990: Lyon 1991: Stynes 1992: Lovett 1993: T. Viney 1994: Lyon 1995: Stynes 1996: Stynes 1997: Stynes 1998: T. Viney 1999: Schwarz 2000: Woewodin 2001: Yze 2002: Neitz 2003: Robertson 2004: White 2005: Johnstone 2006: McDonald 2007: McDonald 2008: Bruce 2009: Davey 2010: Green 2011: Moloney 2012: Jones 2013: Jones 2014: Jones 2015: Vince 2016: J. Viney 2017: Oliver 2018: Gawn 2019: Gawn/Oliver 2020: Petracca 2021: Oliver 2022: Oliver 2023: Petracca 2024: Viney

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