Rover
The rover is a player who lurks around centre bounces and stoppages to receive the ball from a ruck rover and complete a clearance. Rovers are typically the smallest player on the ground.
Notable rovers in Australian football over the years include:
- Harry Collier (Collingwood, 1926-1940), Brownlow Medallist 1930
- Haydn Bunton, Sr. (Fitzroy, Subiaco and Port Adelaide, 1931-1945), Brownlow Medallist 1931, 1932, 1935; Sandover Medallist 1938, 1939, 1941; Named forward pocket in AFL Team of the Century (1996)
- Allan Ruthven (Fitzroy, 1940-1954) Brownlow Medallist 1950
- Lou Richards (Collingwood, 1941-1955)
- Bill Hutchison (Essendon, 1942-1957), Brownlow Medallist 1952, 1953
- Steve Marsh (South Fremantle and East Fremantle, 1945-1958) Sandover Medallist 1952
- Bob Skilton (South Melbourne, 1956-1971), Brownlow Medallist 1959, 1963, 1968; Named rover in AFL Team of the Century (1996)
- Bill Goggin (Geelong, 1958-1971)
- Ross G. Smith (St Kilda, 1961-1975), Brownlow medallist 1967
- Bill Walker (Swan Districts, 1961-1976), Sandover Medallist 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970
- Barry Cable (Perth, North Melbourne and East Perth, 1962-1979), Sandover Medallist 1964, 1968, 1973
- Kevin Bartlett (Richmond, 1965-1983)
- Peter Crimmins (Hawthorn, 1966-1971)
- Leigh Matthews (Hawthorn, 1969-1985), Named forward pocket in AFL Team of the Century (1996)
- Tony Liberatore (Western Bulldogs, 1986-2002), Brownlow Medallist 1990
- John Platten (Hawthorn, 1986-1997), Magarey Medallist 1984, Brownlow Medallist 1987
- Gary Ablett, Jr. (Geelong and Gold Coast, 2002- ), Brownlow Medallist 2009
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Famous quotes containing the word rover:
“Old Rover in his moss-greened house
Mumbles a bone, and barks at a mouse.”
—Walter De La Mare (1873–1956)
“One dreadful sound could the Rover hear,
A sound as if, with the Inchcape Bell,
The Devil below was ringing his knell.”
—Robert Southey (1774–1843)