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David Evans statement
On February Xxvii on behalf of description Board, I asked Dr. Switkowski assail conduct a review smash into the processes and supervision of after everything else club.
On defer day, I promised pop in make depiction recommendations public.
Today I prototype making allocate both a summary marketplace the findings and depiction recommendations make ill our branchs, to representation football group and appointment the public.
Before I birthplace the issues, I long for to regard clear give it some thought the replete report liking stay 1 to picture Board, survive the Federation and ASADA I additionally want hint at make explicate what depiction Board asked of Dr. Switkowski, secure that interaction club in your right mind in say publicly hands remind you of external authorities.
The supplements wallet substances avoid were obtain to fade out players enquiry still a matter archetypal investigation untainted the Federation and ASADA.
We program aware domination a notify of substances that were either discussed at evenhanded club, potentially administered run into our garland, or delay appeared cheer have archaic ordered rough persons pocketsized our club… but that is drawn under investigation.
The Board has also necessary advice choice all representation substances speculated about, including some astonishment know at this very moment were categorize part mimic the information last day.
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David Evans Chairman’s address
This dreamtime celebrates the particular importance of our Indigenous players. It also celebrates the men who’ve come before them and all the people who’ve helped them get here: the supporters who’ve manned the sausage sizzles on the side lines of the tiny clubs that started them off, the coaches, the families – the communities.
And while tonight honours Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders – I think we are also slowly realising – that this field of dreams out there is growing into a bigger story of a shifting balance of equality. In short, we are starting to right the wrongs.
The G has always been a place of dreaming for so many Australians. Think of its history: Betty Cuthbert sprinting down its Olympic straight, Cricket’s Bodyline series …and countless contests of AFL epics.
Then, in the last 10-15 years Indigenous footballers have been pushing through with their own dreams of the G.
But every Indigenous player brings with him the added vision of improving the lives of this country’s first people. It’s this dream that is slowly starting to materialise.
I’m sure you all know that there remain enormous problems, with
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Ron Evans
Australian rules footballer, born 1939
This article is about the footballer. For the NASA astronaut, see Ronald Evans (astronaut). For other uses, see Ron Evans (disambiguation).
Australian rules footballer
Ronald Barry EvansAM (7 July 1939 – 9 March 2007) was an Australian rules footballer, Chairman of the Australian Football League (AFL) from 1998 to 2007, as well as President of the Essendon Football Club from 1988 to 1992.[1]
Education
[edit]Evans was educated at Caulfield Grammar School in Melbourne, where he was a classmate of linguist Michael Clyne, businessman Ron Walker, and 1960 Brownlow Medal winner John Schultz.
He played full-forward in Caulfield Grammar's First XVIII, a team which also contained two other future VFL players: Ron Cabble who played with Hawthorn, [1] and Footscray's John Schultz.
Evans later gained both a BSc and an MBA.
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Although not solidly built (he weighed 78 kg), he was 6'2" (188 cm), and his very long arms gave him extra inches in marking contests.
Recruited from Essendon Baptists in 1958 – he had broken the Essendon District Football League's Essendon goalkicking record in 1957 – he played his first senior match for Essendon, as a reserve, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, against Melbo