Rod McGregor

Rod McGregor
Personal information
Full name	Roderick McGregor
Date of birth	19 October 1882
Place of birth	Katamatite, Victoria
Date of death	2 August 1962 (aged 79)
Place of death	Canterbury, Victoria
Original team(s)	Essendon Association
Height/Weight	178 cm / 75 kg
Position(s)	Centre
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1905–1912; 1914–1920	Carlton	236 (26)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
?–?	Victoria	3 (0)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1920 season.

Rod McGregor (19 October 1882 – 2 August 1962) was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League and broadcaster

He was a wonderful centreman for the Carlton Football Club with the ability to find targets and elude opponents. He played in the 1906 and 1908 winning grand final sides and missed the 1907 premiership triumph over South Melbourne after breaking his nose in the previous week's semi final against St Kilda.

Working on-air with Melbourne radio station 3AR at least as early as 1927, McGregor was a pioneer of football radio broadcasts.

In 1996 McGregor was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

Player honors:

• Premierships 1906, 1908, 1914, 1915

See also

• 1908 Melbourne Carnival

References

• Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897-1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. ISBN 0-670-86814-0 (p. 124)
• Ross, J. (ed.), The Australian Football Hall of Fame, HarperCollinsPublishers, (Pymble), 1999. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X (p. 94)

External links

• Rod McGregor's statistics from AFL Tables
• Rod McGregor's profile from AustralianFootball.com