Ced Hovey

Ced Hovey
Personal information
Full name Cedric John Hovey
Date of birth (1918-07-12)12 July 1918
Date of death 19 February 2014(2014-02-19) (aged 95)
Place of death Geelong, Victoria
Original team(s) Modewarre
Height/Weight 177 cm / 76 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1945 Geelong 10 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1945 season.

Cedric John "Ced" Hovey (12 July 1918 – 19 February 2014) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Career

Hovey, who came from Modewarre, was runner-up in the Geelong seconds best and fairest award for the 1944 season.[1][2] Mostly as a centreman, Hovey made 10 appearances with the senior side in the 1945 VFL season, debuting at the age of 26.[3][4] He didn't play VFL football in 1946 and instead captained the Geelong seconds.[5]

In 1947 he was cleared to Geelong West, in the Ballarat Football League.[6] At Geelong West, Hovey was a best and fairest winner and captain-coached the club in 1948.[7]

Personal life

Hovey was one of four brothers to play football for Geelong.[8] Most successful of the four was Ron Hovey, who was a member of Geelong's 1951 and 1952 premiership teams.[9] Another, Jim, played 41 league games in the late 1940s.[9] The eldest of the four, Bernard "Bern" Hovey, played for the Geelong seconds, before his death in an RAAF air crash in 1943.[5][10]

On 19 February 2014, Hovey died at his home in Geelong, aged 95.[11] He was the oldest surviving Geelong player at the time of his death.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Geelong.". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 5 September 1938. p. 14. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Small Crowd at Game". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 11 September 1944. p. 9. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "AFL Tables – Ced Hovey – Games Played". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "AFL Tables – Essendon v Geelong – Sat, 2-Jun-1945 2:30 PM – Match Stats". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Rodda Reported: Gossip From Clubs". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 3 June 1946. p. 10. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "Football Permits". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 1 May 1947. p. 18. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "Geelong West Football Club – History & Honours Board". Roosters.org.au. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  8. ↑ Lannen, Danny (5 October 2011). "Oldest Cat sees legacy live on". Archived from the original on 19 October 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  9. 1 2 Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  10. ↑ "Three Killed is R.A.A.F. Crashes.". The Advertiser (Adelaide: National Library of Australia). 17 March 1943. p. 1. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  11. 1 2 "A sad farewell". geelongcats.com.au. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

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