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Australian rules footballer and coach
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Birth:
17 November 1927
Death:
23 August 1990
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Biography
Ron "Smokey" Clegg (17 November 1927 – 23 August 1990) was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League.
A brilliant key position player at either centre half-forward or centre half-back, he was awarded the Brownlow Medal in 1949 while playing with the then South Melbourne Football Club. He won the club's Best and Fairest award three times.
In 1996 Clegg was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.