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词条 Denis Cordner
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| death_place = Kew East, Victoria
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| games_goals1 = 152 (82)
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  • 2× {{AFL Mel}} Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medallist: 1949, 1954
  • {{AFL Mel}} leading goalkicker: 1950
  • {{AFL Mel}} captain: 1951–1953
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George Denis Pruen Cordner (28 June 1924 – 17 October 1990) was an Australian rules footballer, industrial chemist and diplomat.

Early years

Cordner was the third of four sons to Edward "Ted" Cordner and Margaret Constance née Pruen. Like his father, Cordner and his brothers Ted (1919-1996), Don (1922-2009) and John (1929-2016) were also notable sportsmen. All of them represented Melbourne Grammar School, University Blacks and {{AFL Mel}} in Australian rules football.[1]

Cordner made his senior football debut in Round 5 of the 1943 VFL season against {{AFL Ric}} at Punt Road Oval while on leave from the Royal Australian Navy. It would be the only time he lined up with his older brothers Don and Ted. Cordner was flattened five seconds into the match, but recovered and went on to kick two goals in a losing cause.[1] His next VFL game would be five years later, in the famous 1948 VFL Grand Final.

Cordner was also a capable cricketer, known for his bowling. In an Intervarsity match at the University Oval in Sydney in 1949, he took nine wickets (six of those in the second innings) for the match to help Melbourne beat Sydney.[2]

Cordner played in the ruck in the Melbourne premiership teams in the 1948, 1955 and 1956.

In September 1981, Cordner was appointed Australian Consul-General in New York.[3] He took up the post in March 1982.[4] Cordner's wife Pat was mugged on her first day out in New York city.[5] In March 1984, Cordner was asked to return to Australia within three months.[6]

Cordner died of coronary heart disease on 17 October 1990 at his home in East Kew, and was buried in Point Lonsdale Cemetery. He was survived by his wife and two daughters[4]

He was posthumously named in the Melbourne's "Team of the Century" in 2000 as the starting ruckman.

References

1. ^1 {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23198947 |title=THAT AMAZING CORDNER FAMILY |newspaper=The Argus (Melbourne) |issue=33,093 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=26 September 1952 |accessdate=17 May 2017 |page=4 (The Argus Magazine) |via=National Library of Australia}}
2. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205353979 |title=Great Bowling by D. Cordner |newspaper=The Age |issue=29,241 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=14 January 1949 |accessdate=17 May 2017 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}
3. ^{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/126846610|title=New consul|date=17 September 1981|newspaper=The Canberra Times|location=ACT|page=6}}
4. ^1 {{citation|url=http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A170250b.htm |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=Australian National University|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160227043617/http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cordner-george-denis-pruen-12357|archivedate=27 February 2016|title=Cordner, George Denis Pruen (1924–1990)|first=Gillian M.|last=Hibbins}}
5. ^{{citation|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/55470681|magazine=The Australian Women's Weekly|title=Australia's Consul-General... at home in the Big Apple|date=24 November 1982|page=42}}
6. ^{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/124997834|newspaper=The Canberra Times|title=Envoy in New York asked to return|date=21 March 1984|page=3|location=ACT}}

External links

{{Commons category}}
  • {{AFL Tables|ref=D/Denis_Cordner.html}}
  • {{AustralianFootball|ref=denis%2Bcordner/7014}}
  • [https://www.scribd.com/doc/4859766/Some-Inspirational-People-profiled-by-Laurence-MacDonald-Muir/ "Some Inspirational People"] Profiled by Laurence MacDonald Muir.
  • Profile at the Australian Dictionary of Biography
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