Club History

Club History

Ken Nunn	Ian Pym	Keith Rawle

Won Dalton/Bayly medal in 1969 & 1970, Redan Team of the Century, Triple Premiership player 1975-1977. Club Official.	Senior Games record holder (369). Life Member and Club Historian. Four time Reserves Premiership player.	Redan Team of the Century VC. Captain/Coach 1950-56 (Premiers & Champions 1952). Courier Trophy 1951, Dalton /Bayly Medallist 1952.
Robert Stewart	Val Stewart BEM	Bud Annand

Played 1957-1969, 237 games. Won Dalton /Bayly 1961, 1962, 1964, & 1966. Reserves Premiership Captain/Coach 1969.	Junior player and Junior premiership coach. Head Trainer of Redan 1946-1982 and Life Member. Assisted at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.	Redan Team of the Century Ruckman. Senior Coach 1963-1966. Dalton /Bayly Medalist 1965 & 1967.
John Burt OAM	Garry English	Evan Hicks

Redan Team of the Century. Dalton /Bayly Medallist 1973, 1975 & 1978. Triple Premiership player 1975, 1976 & 1977.	Redan Team of the Century. Captain-Coach 1960-1962 and non-playing coach in 1979. Club President 1964, junior coach, BFL Interleague Captain 1962.	Club Life Member. Past Club Secretary and President. Redan player and umpire.
Alby Lawless	Peter Loughnan	John Northey

Life Member. Club President and sponsor. Junior President & Secretary - 5 Junior Premierships during his leadership.	Life Member and Former Club President. 1969 Reserves Premiership player. Past Social Committee Chairman & Bingo Caller.	Redan Team of the Century Captain/Coach. Triple premiership player/coach 1975-77. Dalton /Bayly Medalist 1974. BFL interleague coach 1981-1984.
Eric Dalton	Jack Wunhym	Shellie Roberts

Former Redan Coach. Former Club Secretary 1952-57. Trophy named in his honour for Ballarat Junior Sport.	Former Redan Coach. Former Club Secretary 1952-57. Trophy named in his honour for Ballarat Junior Sport.	Former President of Redan Ladies Committee. Heavily involved in Bingo & other major fundraising activities. Club Life Member.
Tony Quinney
	2007 Hall of Fame Night	Redan Past Players Association
Dual Redan Premiership Player. Former Club President & Finance Director. Past Players Committee Chairman. Club Life Member.
The Redan Story
The first Ballarat Football game was played at the Copenhagen Grounds on April 27, 1860 - the current Western Oval stands on part of the original site. The first Redan game was reported in The Ballarat Star Saturday September 2, 1871 against the Ballarat Football Club. The Redan team was made up from miners from the Band of Hope mine and their average weight was 14 Stone (90kg). The Star reported that the Redan team were everywhere, kicking and tripping regardless of the consequences. From 1925, Redan played in the U/21 competition and were very successful. In 1943 it joined the BFL as a senior team. In 1946 the BFL was reconstituted and re-formed which saw Redan premiers with Steve Bayly as coach and Stan Webb Captain. A young Keith Rawle from Essendon arrived in 1950 to coach Redan for seven years. In 1952 the team were premiers and champions, a feat only matched by North Ballarat in 1992. In 1953 they made the finals losing only one game for the year before losing to Golden Point in the Grand Final. Redan was a finals team in the 1950's and 1960's but the next success was with John Northey as playing coach in 1975, followed by 1976 and 1977. This was a time of great excitement and success. Northey returned in 1980 and Redan were runners up in 1981. The next taste of finals was in 1984 under the leadership of of David Blackburn when Redan were runners up. Michael Phyland then took the side to the finals in 1992. During the 1980's and 1990's the club failed to capture another flag and by the late 1990's, was struggling for survival. During season 1998, the club were forced to forfeit a game to Darley due to lack of numbers at which time a crisis meeting was called. From that meeting, the Redan Past Players and Officials Association was formed and in conjunction with the board, worked extensively to erase the club's debt and help get the club in order off the field. The 'Save the Lion's' Dinner was held which was the catalyst in driving Redan back from the brink of extinction to head towards a new era of success both on and off the field. The first sign of the club's turnaround occurred when on August 7th 1999, Redan defeated Daylesford by 108 points at the City Oval, it's first win since August 5th 1995. 'Players were mobbed as spectators raced on to the ground to celebrate the long awaited victory' reported The Courier the following Monday. Following the appointment of rookie Coach Brett Quinlan in 2000, the side went on to win its first Premiership in over 20 years when in 2002, Redan won its sixth senior BFL Premiership defeating Sunbury. After the game, the Eastern Oval was swamped with a sea of maroon and gold as the Redan supporters cheered on the players receiving their medals and the Premiership Cup. In 2003, Quinlan managed to guide Redan to back to back flags for the first time since the Northey era again defeating Sunbury to claim the title. In 2006 playing Coach Kieran Murrihy guided Redan to its eighth Premiership over East Point before a crowd of 8,000 spectators at the Eastern Oval. In a season where East Point had dominated the competition to finish on top of the ladder, Redan managed to defeat the Kangaroos on three occasions. The second of these victories was the most dramatic as it involved a kick after the siren goal in the Qualifying Final by Steve Nicholson to give Redan a 3 point win. The following season Redan again tasted Premiership success with an 18 point victory over Sunbury. The win capped off the club's fourth premiership in six seasons and saw Kieran Murrihy go out a dual Redan Premiership Coach. The season also saw Jarrod Edwards win back to back Henderson Medals for the Ballarat Football League Best and Fairest and then in 2008, make it three in a row for the first time in the award's 75 year history. The club has a proud history of 59 premierships (9 Senior Football) and 13 Henderson Medal Winners and in 2004 & 2005 won the prestigious Victorian Country Football League Most Disciplined Club award. A number of Redan players have gone on to VFL/AFL success. Ron Andrews, Essendon captain 1982 and Graham Gellie a St Kilda player and coach. John Northey went on to coach Melbourne, Sydney, Richmond and Brisbane. Ian Pym - Club Historian
Life Members
Steve Bayly, Fred Bradie, William Osbourne, Gordon Wilkie, Perc Holloway, Ernie Waller, Stan Webb, Gordon Scott, Eric Dalton, Austin Spiers, Les Waller, John Kennedy, Jack Wunhym, Eddie Fisher, Jack Loader, Jim Campbell, Aurthur Smith, Alby Lawless, Val Stewart, Ken McRae, Ron Ludbrook, Laurie Eldridge, Arch Mildenhall, Joan Murphy, Joyce Hicks, Evan Hicks, Ray Coleman, Doug Thompson, Graeme Roberts, Peter Loughnan, Shellie Roberts, Ian Pym, Maude Smith, Ted Neville, Bob Carpenter, Fred Carpenter, John Lawless, Anthony Quinney, Bill Dunstan, Robert Sarah, Ray Kappe
Redan players who played VFL/AFL
Jack Atkinson (Richmond), Ian Baker (St Kilda/Richmond), Graham Gellie (St Kilda), Russell Tweeddale (St Kilda/Footscray), Greg Packham (St Kilda), Ray Murphy (North Melbourne), Len Templar (North Melbourne), Bob Stewart (North Melbourne), Ken Delaland (North Melbourne), Ian Burt (Essendon), Ron Andrews (Essendon/Collingwood), Greg Wood (Melbourne), Graeme Willey (Essendon), Les Borrack (Geelong), Bill McKenzie (Richmond), Barry Cheatley (North Melbourne), Neil Trezise (Geelong), Claude Howard (Richmond), Phil Walsh (Richmond/Collinwood/Brisbane), Bill 'Boo' Jenkins (Richmond), Stan Wallis (Footscray), Shaun Grigg (Carlton)
Photo Gallery

1903 Senior Side (Runners-up).	1918 Premiership Side.	1942 Junior Premiership Side.

Neil Sainsbury, Full Forward in 1942/43 Junior Premiership sides.	1946 BFL Senior Premiers.	1946 Premiership star & Richmond player Boo Jenkins.

Team of the Century, Life Member, 1946 Premiership Captain and Henderson Medallist Stan Webb.	1946 Premiership Dinner Booklet.	In years past Redan had Basketball & Athletics teams.

Keith Rawle - Vice Captain Team of the Century & 111 VFL games with Essendon.	1952 BFL Senior Premiers (Premiers & Champions).	1952 Grand Final side at Eastern Oval.

Record finals crowd v Golden Point in 1953	Bob Splatt in 1953 Grand Final which Redan lost to Golden Point.	Robert Stewart- Redan Hall of Fame and played VFL with North Melbourne.

Bill McKenzie - 1957 Henderson & Dalton/Bayly Medallist/ Interchange Team of the Century.	1966 Reserves Best & Fairest and St.Kilda reserves player Fred Carpenter.	Barry Cheatley - Full back Team of the Century & 81 VFL games with North Melbourne.

Team of the Century nominee and champion 1960's defender Andrew Leishman.	John Northey -Team of the Century Captain/Coach.	Senior Games record holder Ian Pym (369) receives Reserves Premiership trophy.

John Burt - Redan Hall of Fame & Team of the Century.	1975 BFL Senior Premiers.	1976 BFL Senior Premiers.

1977 BFL Senior Premiers (3rd consecutive Senior Premiership).	Michael Smith - Dual Henderson Medallist 1993/94 and Team of the Century.	John Northey returns to coach a game in 1998 v Daylesford.

1998 side prior to Lake Wendouree game.	1998 'Save the Lions' Dinner. MC and former Reserves Coach Rob Gaylard talks to former player Darrell Fenton.	Captain Brendon 'Bobby' O'Brien after defeating Daylesford in 1999 and the four season drought is over.

2002 BFL Senior Premiers.	Dual Premiership Coach Brett Quinlan.	2003 BFL Senior Premiers.

2003 BFL Senior Premiers.	2004 Dalton/Bayly Medallist & Dual Premiership ruckman Orren Stephenson.	2006 & 2007 Henderson Medallist Jarrod Edwards.

2006 BFL Senior Premiers.	2006 Coach Kieran Murrihy & Captain Jayden Reid.	2006 BFL Senior Premiers.

Four Redan players who have won Henderson Medals - David Jenkins, Jarrod Edwards, Michael Smith & Michael Phyland.	1976 & 1977 Premiership Re-union which was held in 2007.	Former Redan Junior Shaun Grigg makes his AFL debut for Carlton in 2007.

2007 BFL Senior Premiers	Dual Redan Premiership Coach Kieran Murrihy	Ash Barker - First four time Redan Senior Premiership Player

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2002, 2003, 2006 & 2007 Premiership Photo Galleries

Redan team of the 20th Century

Cal Howlett

Junior player, played in U/16 1947/48 Premiership. Won senior Best & Fairest in 1956, played 217 Senior games. Great combination with Bill Closter.

Barry Cheatley

Junior and senior player who returned from injury to be a member of the 1958 Reserves Premiership. Played 81 games at North Melbourne and went on to become the Marketing Manager.

Don Discher

Assistant coach 1981-82. Won Dalton/Bayly Best & Fairest in 1981. Played 12 games at St Kilda from 1978-79. Henderson medallist at Ballarat FC and BFL interleague Captain 1982.

HB:

Garry English

Inspiring tough player originally from North Melbourne where he played 71 games. Captain-Coach 1960-62 and non-playing coach in 1979. Club President 1964, junior coach, BFL interleague captain 1962.

Ron Andrews

Tough, straight ahead player. Won Dalton/Bayly Best & Fairest in 1972 from 11 games. Played 1971-73 and was captain in his final year. From there played the next 10 seasons with Essendon.

Ken Nunn

Junior player, runner up in U/16 1966 & U/18 1967. Won Dalton/Bayly Medal in 1969 & 1970. Triple Premiership player 1975-77 who played 113 games. Father of 2002/03 Premiership player Luke Nunn.

Terry McAliece

Originally from Creswick, McAliece had amazing pace for a tall player. Won Dalton/Bayly in 1987 & 88. Triple Premiership player 1975-77. Reserves coach 1996. BFL interleague player.

Graeme Gellie

A fast creative player, Gellie won the 1977 Dalton/Bayly medal. Triple Premiership player 1975-77 and played 44 games. Went to St Kilda in 1978 and became Coach in 1984.

Len Templar

Great stab kick who played in the 1952 Premiership side. Also coached Ballarat FC and went to North Melbourne from 1954-57 playing 59 games. Ballarat's leading Athletics coach.

HF:

John Northey (C)

Inspiring leader and Triple premiership player/coach 1975-77. Won Dalton/Bayly medal in 1974. Captain/coach 1980-81. Very successful BFL interleague coach 1981-84. Coached Melbourne, Richmond, Sydney and Brisbane in AFL.

Les Borrack

Junior player and part of the 1952 Premiership side. Went to Geelong from 1953-1960 for 95 games. Outstanding long kick. Two
brothers Mal and Freg both played senior football at Redan.

Eric Dalton

Premiership player in 1946, coach 1947. Played in two premierships on the same day. Played at Geelong and Essendon. Dalton/Bayly named in his honour. Major worker in the Western Oval hall.

Graeme Willey

Won Dalton/Bayly medal in 1953 & 1955. Henderson medallist in in 1955. Played 17 games at Essendon in 1956 and headed the goal kicking. Wiley was regarded as one of the finest players to play at Redan.

Colin Chester

Junior player won the BFL & Redan U/16 Best and Fairest in 1965. Assistant coach and Premiership player in 1976. Played 100 games. Twice BFL leading goal kicker. Kicked 19 goals v Beaufort in 1976. Kicked 100 goals seven years running.

Greg Packham

Damaging left footer. Son of great Redan player and administrator Herb Packham. Won Henderson medal in 1981. Won Dalton/Bayly medal in 1979 & 1984. Played 118 games. Played at St Kilda 1982-83 for 17 games.

Bud Annand

Strong ruckman from St Kilda. Played from 1956 to 1962 for 92 games. Coached from 1963-66. Dalton/Bayly medallist in 1965 & 67. Reserves coach 1967/68. Three sons played for Redan.

Michael Smith

Outstanding on-baller won Henderson medal in 1993 & 94 (by a record 11 votes). Also won Dalton/Bayly medal. Played 71 games with Redan and was twice named in the All Australian Country side.

Keith Rawle (VC)

From Essendon where he played 111 games. Captain/Coach from 1950 to 1956. Premiers and Champions in 1952. Won Henderson medal in 1951 and Dalton/Bayly medal in 1952. Class player, a great kick to position.

Bill McKenzie

Junior player who won the U/18 Best and Fairest in 1953. Won Dalton/Bayly medal and Henderson Medal in 1957. Played 2 games with Richmond in 1958.

Stan Webb

Regarded as the most balanced player in the BFL in the 1940's. Junior player who won the 1934 U/18 Best and Fairest. Won Henderson Medal & Dalton/Bayly medal in 1946.

Ray Murphy

A great desire for the ball. Played with North Melbourne in 1957 and 1958 for 20 games. BFL Interleague coach.

Ken Delaland

Junior player who won the league U/16 Best and Fairest in in 1958. Won Dalton/Bayly medal in 1963. Runner up in The Courier trophy in 1963 and played 105 games. Played with North Melbourne in 1963.

Greg Wood

Junior player who was runner up in the U/16 Best and Fairest. Played from 1968-72 for 42 games. Played 11 games at Melbourne. Kicked 189 goals in a season in the Riddell league. Forward pocket rover.

John Burt

Junior player who won the U/16 Best & Fairest in 1964. Won reserves Best & Fairest in 1965. Won Dalton/Bayly medal in 1973, 1975 & 1978. Triple Premiership player 1975, 1976 & 1977. Senior Coach 1989 & 1990. Played 239 games between 1965-81.

Ian Baker

Junior player, won Best first year player with Ron Andrews. Captain/Coach 1987, played 100 games. Played 53 VFL games with St Kilda and Richmond. North Ballarat Premiership coach.

Claude Howard

Junior player who went on to play CHB in the 1952 Premiership side. Played at Richmond and also a top VFA player/Coach at Preston.

Coach:

John Northey

Trainer:

Val Stewart

Junior player and Junior premiership coach. Trainer at East Ballarat for six years and six years at Ballarat. Head Trainer of Redan from 1946 to 1982. Assisted at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne. Volunteer fireman, professional athletics & boxing.

The 1990s

Michael Smith - 1991-1994, Redan Team of the Century Ruck Rover & Henderson Medallist.

My initiation to Redan Football Club began in April 1991 when I received a phone call from new coach Mick Phyland (ex Sydney Swans) telling me how exciting it was going to be around Redan Football Club in the coming years and how he would like me to be part of it. It was the end of preseason training in Ballarat and Mick convinced me to train on Thursday night under lights at North Ballarat's new venue which would co-inside with the opening on Saturday where Redan were scheduled against North Ballarat in what promised to be a block buster. After signing with Redan after training on the Thursday I was excited about the year ahead however the first game was one to forget. A 30 goal humiliating loss to North Ballarat in front of a huge crowd and to the dismay of the vary angry debutant coach, I remember clearly thinking to myself how good is this competition! I was convinced I was going to spend my first year in the Reserves.

Year 1991 wasn't a good year for us finishing 2^nd last. 1992 however was a more fruitful year having made the finals. 1993 we were very unlucky just missing out on playing off in the Grand Finals (For the record a very much underdog East Ballarat defeated red hot favourite North Ballarat).

The winters back then were painful, freezing cold and very wet. One round against Golden Point was actually called off due to too much snow over night. Ankle deep mud was considered normal. I learnt so much and found it a privilege to play and with and under Mick Phyland. Mick was like a mentor to me whom I looked up to on and off the field, and to play with great players and blokes like Andrew Locke, Poss Johnny Brinkotter, Skull, Shooter, T J Clarke, Robbo, Saundo, Gleeso, Jamesy, Boof the list goes on and characters like Gooza, Stowey, Pea beau, Rossy Norman, Michael Lockman and who can forget the legendary Ralph Jones (now that's another story in itself!).

1994 David Blackburn took over the reins with a much depleted list. Blacky was also a great coach who I have a lot of respect for and enjoyed a beer with after the game. Redan Football Club has so many fond memories for me. The four years I spent with Redan Football Club were a lot of fun; the footy, the pubs, the balls, the footy trips but most importantly the friendships that I still have today.

Gary Hickey - Seniors & Reserves 1998-2002, Former Club Secretary

I started at Redan in 1998 under the tutorage of Marty Cusack. Played with the likes of Bobby O'Brien, Grassy Stone, Rob Hogan, Brad Paatsch and Dan Lee. I'll never forget my first game against Sunbury when we kept them down to about 45 goals. Flogga walked in to the rooms after the match and put a slab on the ground and duly said 'Don't worry boys, we're just one game off top spot and a bit of percentage'.

That's the way it was, met some fantastic blokes at the place and was involved for about five years. Following through from my initial game against Sunbury, it was an absolutely awesome feeling to be involved some capacity and flog them in the 2002 Grand Final.

Simon Remington - Seniors & Reserves from 1997-2005.

I came across to Redan in 1997 under Matt Jones who was the first of what would be four senior coaches in my first four seasons. There was a terrific spirit within the senior side despite our regular losses of around the 30 goal mark. We failed to win a game that season but I didn't regret my decision to play with Redan. The next year under Marty Cusack our results didn't improve and during this season the club almost folded. The day we didn't have enough players to field a team and forfeited against Darley was a definite low point. This led to the 'Save the Lions' campaign which ultimately turned things around for the club and prevented us from folding. At this time many quality people became involved with the club and without them the club would not exist today. The following season under Barry Hills was still a difficult one but the obvious highlight of a win against Daylesford on the City Oval was one of my best memories in Football. It broke a four year drought in the seniors and was like winning a Grand Final.

Some of the more memorable times out on the ground would have to be the final match of 1997 playing down at Melton South. They would have been expected to win by at least 30 goals that day but we managed to get within 10 goals which was for us like winning a game. Ian Morell's chant of 'kick it to the rainbow' which had appeared during the last quarter became infectious and I'm sure the opposition were sick of hearing it. We certainly were a team of battlers on the field but you could never question the desire to go out there and give it our all week in week out.

Chris Gleeson - 1991-1994 - 60 games

I played with Redan 1991-1994 approx 60 games. I have a story relating to the Daylesford Football Ground. In 1991 when we played in thick fog throughout the entire game, so much so that you could not see from CHF to FF. Made for a boring game I am sure for all spectators. Funny thing is that Ash Quale still swears he took Mark of the Century on the outer wing only to have nobody see it. I can confirm though the mark was OK. Must be something about Daylesford as I did my knee there on another "shocker of a day" in 1994.

Brad Paatsch - 1998-2000

Playing with Redan although not the most successful time on my not so illustrious football career, was certainly one of the most fun. Despite receiving some significant hidings on the field the same core group of guys stuck together and continued to turn up every week to ensure that the club survived. Off the field the players were all good mates and partied pretty hard, some time to the detriment of on-field performance (although I don't think it would have mattered how hard we partied, the result would have still been a pounding).

I can remember many a night at "The Blarney" or the Bunch of Grapes, many of them Thursday nights in fact, in which we went for a quiet drink after training and it ended up huge night with most arriving home in the wee hours of the next morning. Ian Morelli was always up to something and could be relied upon to keep the crew entertained, whether it be with his unique dancing on the dance floor at Hot Gossip or generally with his "out there" antics. Many a time the only time we actually got to sing the Redan theme song was at the Blarney on a Thursday night.

Names that come to mind include Ian "Borris" Morelli, Gary Hickey, Bredan "Bobby" O'Brien, Marty Cusack, Nick Heffernan, Adam Pease, Grassy, Justin Catley, Daryl Williams, Robert Hogan, Carlo, and many others. I remember the years at Redan very fondly as a time of a lot of fun with good mates and with a sense of accomplishment in that we were able to help keep the club alive and build a platform for the success it has and is now achieving.