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词条 Mel Whinnen
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  1. Career

  2. Honours and awards

  3. External links

  4. References

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| name = Mel Whinnen
MBE
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| fullname = Allan Melvyn Whinnen
| nickname = Slippery
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|10|06|df=y}}
| birth_place = Perth, Western Australia
| death_date =
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| originalteam = Perth Boys High School
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| position = Centre
| statsend = 1977
| years1 = 1960–77
| club1 = {{WAFL WP}}
| games_goals1 = 371 (72)
| sooyears1 = 1963–72
| sooteam1 = Western Australia
| soogames_goals1 = 14 (1)
| careerhighlights = * {{WAFL WP}} premiership side 1960, 1969, 1971, 1975
  • {{WAFL WP}} best and fairest 1962, 1964, 1967, 1968
    1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975
  • Runner-up Sandover Medal 1964, 1971
  • Simpson Medal 1975 (grand final)
  • {{WAFL WP}} captain 1977
  • {{WAFL WP}} Team of the Century (2000)
  • West Australian Football Hall of Fame (2004)

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Allan Melvyn "Mel" Whinnen MBE (born 6 October 1942) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Perth Football Club in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL) from 1960 to 1977. He also played 14 interstate and carnival games for Western Australia. In total, Whinnen played 371 games for West Perth, a league record, playing in four premiership sides and finishing runner-up in the Sandover Medal on two occasions, as well as winning West Perth's best and fairest award, the Breckler Medal, on a record nine occasions. He was inducted into the West Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2004.

Career

Educated at North Perth Primary School and Perth Boys High School,[1][2] Whinnen debuted for West Perth in 1960, and was a reserve in the club's 1960 premiership win over {{WAFL EP}} at Subiaco Oval. Playing mainly as a centreman, Whinnen established himself in West Perth's league team, winning the Breckler Medal in 1962 and 1964 as the club's best and fairest.[3] He also finished second in the Sandover Medal in 1964, polling 22 votes to finish one vote behind Barry Cable, the winner. Whinnen made his state debut for Western Australia against the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1963.[4] Whinnen won West Perth's best and fairest award in both 1967 and 1968, and again in 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973 and 1975. In total, Whinnen won the Breckler Medal a record nine times between 1962 and 1975.[5]

Whinnen again played in premierships in 1969, 1971 and 1975.[6] In 1975, he was awarded the Simpson Medal as the best on ground in West Perth's premiership defeat of {{WAFL SF}}. Whinnen was appointed as captain of West Perth for the 1977 season, and retired at the end of the year.[3] His 371 games is both a West Perth record and a WAFL record for the most games played for any one club.[7]

Honours and awards

Whinnen was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in June 1976, for "services to sport", along with former teammate Bill Dempsey.[8] In October 2000, he was named in the centre in West Perth's Team of the Century.[9] Whinnen was an inaugural inductee of the West Australian Football Hall of Fame in March 2004.[10] One of the entrance gates at Subiaco Oval is named after Whinnen,[11] and a grandstand at Arena Joondalup, West Perth's home ground since 1994, is named the Whinnen–Dempsey Stand in honour of the two players' contribution to the club.[12] Since 1998, the Mel Whinnen Medal has been awarded to the player judged best on ground in the grand final of the WAFL's colts (under-19) competition. Notable winners have included Paul Hasleby, Scott Stevens, Jacob Surjan and Matthew Leuenberger.[13]

External links

  • Allan Melvyn (Mel) Whinnen player profile page at WAFLFootyFacts

References

1. ^Primary School makes the heritage grade {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330053953/http://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/ArchivedStatements/Pages/GallopLaborGovernmentSearch.aspx?ItemId=127899&minister=Logan&admin=Gallop |date=30 March 2012 }} – Ministerial Media Statements. Fran Logan. Published 1 December 2005. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
2. ^Premiership players 1931–2008 – wafootball.com.au. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
3. ^Mel Whinnen (West Perth) – FullPointsFooty. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
4. ^State games 1951–2010 – wafootball.com.au. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
5. ^West Perth Football Club Medallists – West Perth Football Club (Inc). Retrieved from iinet.net.au, 3 February 2012.
6. ^Cardies Hang On {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071225085601/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/cardies_hang_on.htm |date=25 December 2007 }} – FullPointsFooty. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
7. ^History – West Perth Football Club/ Retrieved 3 February 2012.
8. ^Supplement to the London Gazette, 12 June 1976London Gazette. Published 12 June 1976. Retrieved from an online source, 3 February 2012.
9. ^West Perth Official 'Team of the Century' – FullPointsFooty. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
10. ^Hall of Fame Inductees – wafootball.com.au. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
11. ^Patersons Stadium history {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120713010032/http://www.wafootball.com.au/patersons-stadium/history |date=13 July 2012 }} – wafootball.com.au. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
12. ^MEMBERS RESERVED SEATING {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321195644/http://falconsfc.com.au/latest-news/members-reserved-seating/ |date=21 March 2012 }} – West Perth Football Club. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
13. ^Whinnen Medalists {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204004538/http://wafootball.com.au/coaching/resources/doc_download/388-whinnnen-medalists |date=4 December 2010 }} – wafootball.com.au. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
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8 : 1942 births|Living people|Australian rules footballers from Perth, Western Australia|West Perth Football Club players|West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees|Members of the Order of the British Empire|People from Perth, Western Australia|Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees

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