Roy Evans (Australian footballer)

Roy Evans
Personal information
Date of birth	10 November 1913
Date of death	17 July 1987(1987-07-17) (aged 73)
Original team(s)	Yarraville (VFA)
Height / weight	178 cm / 69 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1936–1939	Footscray	49 (15)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1939.

Roy Evans (10 November 1913 – 17 July 1987)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the late 1930s. Evans was a member of Victorian Football Association (VFA) club Yarraville's inaugural premiership side in 1935 before he was recruited by Footscray the following season. He played as both a wingman and centreman during his 49 game stint with Footscray, captaining them to their first ever finals campaign in 1938.

References

↑ "Roy Evans - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 27 December 2014.

Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2011). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (9th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 254. ISBN 978-1-921496-12-7.

External links

Roy Evans's statistics from AFL Tables

Captains of the Footscray Football Club/Western Bulldogs

1925–1926: McCarthy
1926: Hopkins
1927–1928: Scanlan
1929–1930: Hopkins
1931–1932: Cubbins
1933: McAlpine
1934: Cubbins
1934–1935: Morrison
1936: Penberthy
1937: Dockendorff
1937: Morrison
1938–1939: Evans
1940–1942: Ware
1943–1946: Olliver
1947: Hickey
1948–1950: Olliver
1951–1956: Sutton
1956: Donald
1957: Stevens
1957–1970: Whitten
1970: Magee
1971–1972: Dempsey
1973: Thorpe
1974–1976: Sandilands
1977–1978: Dempsey
1979–1981: Jennings
1982: Templeton
1983–1985: Edmond
1986–1988: Kennedy
1989: Wallis
1990–1993: Hawkins
1994–2000: Wynd
2001–2004: Grant
2005–2006: Darcy
2007–2010: Johnson
2011–2013: Boyd
2014: Griffen
2015–: Murphy

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