Ian Thorogood

Ian Thorogood
Personal information
Full name	Ian Thorogood
Date of birth	(1936-08-25) 25 August 1936
Original team(s)	Melbourne thirds
Height/Weight	183 cm / 83 kg
Position(s)	Half back flank
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1957–1962	Melbourne	93 (1)
Coaching career³
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1976–1977	Carlton	44 (29–14–1)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1962 season. ³ Coaching statistics correct as of 1977.
Career highlights
Melbourne premiership player 1957, 1959, 1960 Waverley premiership captain-coach, 1965

Ian Thorogood (born 25 August 1936) is a former Australian rules footballer who played and coached in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Thorogood played for Melbourne, including three premiership teams. In 1963, he went to the Waverley Football Club in the Victorian Football Association, and he coached the club to its sole Division 1 premiership in 1965. He was also responsible for giving the club its nickname, the Panthers.^[2] He moved on to become assistant coach of South Melbourne in 1970.

He joined the Carlton Football Club as assistant coach in 1976, but took over the senior coaching position when John Nicholls resigned at the beginning of the season. He coached the club for the 1976 and 1977 seasons.

References

↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2002). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (4th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 642. ISBN 1-74095-001-1.
↑ Scot Palmer (10 May 1963). "Panthers are snarling". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, VIC). p. 45.

External links

Ian Thorogood's statistics from AFL Tables
Profile at Blueseum
Profile at Demonwiki

Melbourne Football Club 1957 VFL premiers

Melbourne 17.14 (116) defeated Essendon 7.13 (55), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

1. Fenton-Smith 3. Marquis 4. Lord 5. McLean 6. Adams 7. Case 9. Dixon 11. Mithen 14. T. Johnson 15. Webb 16. B. Johnson 19. Carroll 23. Tunbridge 24. Ridley 25. Williams 26. Thorogood 30. Beckwith (c) 31. Barassi 33. Wilson 38. Brenchley

Coach: Smith

Melbourne Football Club 1959/60 VFL premiers

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

2. Rowarth 4. Lord 6. Adams 7. Case 8. T. Johnson 9. Dixon 11. Mithen 16. B. Johnson 23. Tunbridge 24. Ridley 26. Thorogood 29. Mann 30. Beckwith (c 1959) 31. Barassi (c 1960) 35. Laidlaw

Coach: Smith

Coaches of the Carlton Football Club

1902–1909: Worrall 1909–1911: Elliott 1912: Clark 1913: Wells 1914–1918: Clark 1919: Valentine 1920–1922: Clark 1922–1923: Clover 1924: Parratt 1925: Caldwell 1925: O'Brien 1926: Brew 1927: Clover 1928: Brew 1929–1934: Minogue 1935–1936: Maher 1937: Rowe 1938–1940: Diggins 1941–1955: Bentley 1956–1958: Francis 1959–1964: Hands 1965–1971: Barassi 1972–1975: Nicholls 1972; 1975: McKenzie 1976–1977: Thorogood 1978: Stewart 1978: Silvagni 1978–1979: Jesaulenko 1980: Jones 1981–1985: Parkin 1986–1989: Walls 1989–1990: Jesaulenko 1991–2000: Parkin 2001–2002: Brittain 2003–2007: Pagan 2007–2012: Ratten 2013–2015: Malthouse 2015: Barker 2016–: Bolton

Italics denote caretaker coach

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