| Fullname | Ronald Banks Critchley |
|---|---|
| Birth date | 16 December 1940 |
| Death date | 3 June 2025 (aged 84) |
| Originalteam | Marysville |
| Height | 183 cm |
| Weight | 83 kg |
| Statsend | 1960 |
| Years 1 | 1960 |
| Games goals 1 | 3 (0) |
Ronald Banks Critchley (16 December 1940 – 3 June 2025) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Critchley commenced his senior football career with Marysville Football Club in the Yarra Valley Football League, as a 16 year old, before heading off to teacher's college. He played six reserves matches with Hawthorn in 1959, but returned to Marysville and played in a one-point grand final loss.
Critchley won the 1960 VFL Reserves goalkicking award and made his VFL senior football, playing three games in 1960 and played in a VFL Reserves grand final loss to Geelong.[2]
Critchley did not play football in 1961 due to a shoulder reconstruction, but then won Hawthorn's 1962 Reserves best and fairest award.
Critchley accepted a teaching position at Murmungee Primary School and also accepted Whorouly Football Club's offer as captain-coach, but Hawthorn would not clear him until five matches into the Ovens & King Football League's season and despite only playing 13 matches won the 1963 league best and fairest award, the Tip Lean Trophy.
Critchley then captained-coached the Wangaratta Football Club from 1964 to 1966 in the Ovens & Murray Football League for three years, for three successive grand final losses.[3] Critchley played under Trevor Steer in 1967 and kicked 139 goals during his four years in the O&MFL.
Critchley later had stints at Whorouly, Eaglehawk, Mount Pleasant and Coldstream.[4]
Critchley died on 3 June 2025, at the age of 84.[5][6]
Notes
- ^ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897. 10th ed. Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 191. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ "1960 - Geelong hang onto to win flag.". Google. The Age. 26 September 1960. p. 22. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "O&MFNL - Grand Final Results". O&MFNL. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ^ Kevin B. Hill (17 May 2018). "WHEN MURMUNGEE MADE THE NEWS". On Reflection. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ^ "We are devastated that my Dad, Ron Critchley, has died after living with Alzheimer's.". Cheryl Critchley on X. 4 June 2025. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
- ^ "Death announcement". Croydon Cricket Club on Facebook. 4 June 2025. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
External links
- When Murmungee made the news! via On Reflection