Wallace Sutherland Sharland was an Australian rules football player, journalist and commentator.
19 Facts About Wallace Sharland
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Wallace Sharland played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League.
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Wallace Sharland was an accomplished ruckman for Geelong, known for his good all-round skills, accurate palming of the ball and capability when required as a ruck shepherd.
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Wallace Sharland debuted for Geelong aged 17 in the 1920 VFL season and in the same year joined the staff of the Geelong Advertiser.
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Wallace Sharland's innings, which was scored as an 18-year-old, earned praise from opponent Jack Hobbs who stated that Sharland "is a hard man to get out" and "is developing on the right lines".
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Wallace Sharland however did not make the team and instead it was as a football personality that he made his name.
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Wallace Sharland played a further eight games with Geelong in the 1922 VFL season.
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Wallace Sharland made his intentions known before the beginning of the 1923 season that he was seeking to join a Melbourne-based club.
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Wallace Sharland had moved to the city and been employed for the upcoming season as a writer for the Herald and The Sporting Globe.
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When it was revealed that Wallace Sharland had trained at Richmond without permission, the week before he took the field for Geelong against that same team, the Geelong committee debarred him from the club.
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Unable to play in the VFL without a clearance, Wallace Sharland was forced to play in the Mornington Peninsula league with Frankston, where he was residing.
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Wallace Sharland, who was given the vice-captaincy, finished the season with a career high 15 appearances.
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Wallace Sharland instead covered the finals series as a radio commentator, on ABC station 3AR.
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Wallace Sharland continued as a journalist and commentator after ending his VFL career.
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Wallace Sharland is recognised as a pioneer football commentator on radio.
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Wallace Sharland had one elder brother, James Leonard Woodrofe, and two sisters, Dorothy and Jean.
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Wallace Sharland made the cricket team's 1st XI at the age of 13 and later in 1918 began playing in the firsts for the football team as well.
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Wallace Sharland got married in 1934 to Ada Moore, in a ceremony in East Malvern.
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On 17 September 1967, Wallace Sharland died in Bethesda Hospital at the age of 64.