Ian Palmer (footballer)

Ian Palmer
Personal information
Full name Ian Loughrey Palmer
Born (1921-04-11)11 April 1921
Kyneton, Victoria
Died 22 September 2005(2005-09-22) (aged 84)
Original team Mount Carmel Old Collegians[1]
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1941 South Melbourne 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1941.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ian Loughrey Palmer (11 April 1921 – 22 September 2005) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Palmer enlisted to serve in the Australian Army in 1942, and served in Darwin and Borneo in the latter stages of World War II.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ "1940 - LOCAL BOY REFUSED CLEARANCE TO MELBOURNE". Record (Emerald Hill, Vic. : 1881 - 1954). 27 July 1940. p. 3. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  2. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 684. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  3. ^ "World War II Roll: Ian Loughrey Palmer". Department of Veterans Affairs.
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