Ron Hines
Carlton
AFL career
58 games21 goals
- Debut
- R14 1943 v ESS14 Aug 1943
- Most recent
- R6 1948 v ESS22 May 1948
Stats
Bio
Recruited from Coburg District, Ron "Ripper" Hines was a wingman who served Carlton during the turbulent wartime and immediate post-war era. While he was a consistent contributor across six seasons, his career is largely defined by a singular instance of misfortune during the club's famous 1945 premiership campaign. Hines played in the ferocious Preliminary Final win over Collingwood, helping the Blues overcome a significant final-quarter deficit, but he sustained a thigh injury during the physical contest. The injury proved severe enough to rule him out of the following week's Grand Final—the infamous "Bloodbath" against South Melbourne—cruelly denying him a premiership medallion despite his contributions to the finals run. He continued with the club for three more years, providing experience on the flank until his departure after the 1948 season.
Profile
- Born
- 11 July 1923
- Died
- 06 Jan 2019 (aged 95y 179d)
- Height
- 165 cm
- Weight
- 66 kg
Teams
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from Coburg District, Ron "Ripper" Hines was a wingman who served Carlton during the turbulent wartime and immediate post-war era. While he was a consistent contributor across six seasons, his career is largely defined by a singular instance of misfortune during the club's famous 1945 premiership campaign. Hines played in the ferocious Preliminary Final win over Collingwood, helping the Blues overcome a significant final-quarter deficit, but he sustained a thigh injury during the physical contest. The injury proved severe enough to rule him out of the following week's Grand Final—the infamous "Bloodbath" against South Melbourne—cruelly denying him a premiership medallion despite his contributions to the finals run. He continued with the club for three more years, providing experience on the flank until his departure after the 1948 season.