George Hams

George Hams
Personal information
Full name	George Hams
Date of birth	(1928-07-29) 29 July 1928
Original team(s)	Ivanhoe Amateurs
Height/Weight	173 cm / 76 kg
Position(s)	Defender
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1948-55	Collingwood	108 (3)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1955 season.

George Hams (born 29 July 1928) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Hams was at Collingwood during a strong period for the club and participated in ten finals matches. Two of those were Grand Finals, back to back in 1952 and 1953, with the latter resulting in a premiership. He was seen mostly in the back pocket and retired in 1956 to pursue an engineering career.^[1]

References

↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2002). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (4th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 258. ISBN 1-74095-001-1.

External links

George Hams's statistics from AFL Tables

Collingwood Football Club 1953 VFL premiers

Collingwood 11.11 (77) defeated Geelong 8.17 (65), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

1. L. Richards (c) 2. Mann 4. Batchelor 5. Finck 7. Hams 9. Kingston 10. Waites 12. Healey 17. Merrett 14. Gooch 16. Weideman 18. Parker 20. R. Richards 22. B. Rose 25. M. Twomey 26. B. Twomey 27. P. Twomey 29. Sharp 31. Waller 33. W. Rose

Coach: Kyne

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