Roy Moore

Recruited from Sandhurst in the Bendigo Football League where he had been a prodigious scorer, Roy Moore arrived at the Lake Oval with big expectations and a family link to the club, as his father Herbert had played a solitary game during the 1909 premiership campaign. A dangerous forward renowned for his booming torpedo punt, Moore made an immediate impact by booting 52 goals in his debut season, famously tasked with filling the void left by the injured Bob Pratt at full-forward in the 1935 Grand Final. While he spent much of his career playing second fiddle to legendary forwards like Pratt and Laurie Nash, Moore carved out his own slice of history against Fitzroy in 1937 when he kicked nine of South Melbourne's ten goals for the match, a lone-hand performance that remains a statistical curiosity. Despite topping the club's goalkicking in 1938 and earning VFL representative honours, his career was cut short at age 26 due to persistent knee injuries and a denied clearance to captain-coach Terang.