Reg Conole

Reginald "Reg" Conole (23 April 1902 – 4 January 1967) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Reg Conole
Personal information
Full name	Reginald E. Conole
Date of birth	(1902-04-23)23 April 1902
Date of death	4 January 1967(1967-01-04) (aged 64)
Original team(s)	Gladstone
Height	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb)
Position(s)	Half-back, ruck
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1926–1929	Port Adelaide	61 (44)
1930–1933	Melbourne	47 (6)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
	South Australia	1
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1933.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Conole, who was from Gladstone, had a late start to his league career, already 24 when he first started playing for Port Adelaide in 1926.[1] He played his football across half-back or in the ruck and was also a cricketer with the Port Adelaide Cricket Club.[2][3]

In 1928 he played in Port Adelaide's premiership winning team and missed a chance of going back-to-back the following year when an injury cost him a place in the decider.[4]

Although he joined Melbourne in 1930, the injury kept him out of the side until round nine, but he only missed two more games for the rest of the year. He remained with Melbourne for three more seasons.[5]

He represented South Australia at interstate football on one occasion.

References

1. "INVASION OF COUNTRY PLAYERS". The Register (Adelaide). XCI (26, 621). South Australia. 23 April 1926. p. 5. Retrieved 4 November 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
2. The Register, "Port Adelaide", 2 October 1925, p. 5
3. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
4. "Reg Conole". AustralianFootball.com.
5. "AFL Tables: Reg Conole". afltables.com.