George "Jocka" Todd was an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er in the (then) Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL).

A tight checking full-back who spoiled well, Todd played his whole career with Geelong Football Club

Geelong Football Club

The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...

.

In 1996 Todd was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame

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.

George was recruited from Queenscliff Football Club

Queenscliff Football Club

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 and played mainly at centre half-forward before transferring to the back line where he played the majority of his games as full back. He possessed outstanding skills and at times was unbeatable. He had the ability to punch the ball away from his opponents no matter how high they were in the air, and played in an era of some of the great full-forwards. His judgement was superb. A master of the drop kick he frequently landed the ball in the centre of the ground. Noted for his fair play, he was never ruffled under pressure.

Career highlights

Playing career:

• Geelong 1922-1934 (Games: 232 Goals: 54)

Player honors:

• Geelong Best and Fairest
  Best and Fairest
  Best and Fairest is the term commonly used in Australian sport to describe the player adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition while not receiving a suspension for misconduct or breaching the rules during that season.In the...
  
  1927, 1930, 1931
• Geelong premierships 1925, 1931
• Geelong Team of the Century
• Victorian representative (12 games, 0 goals).

Details
Number 19
Height 183 cm
Weight 74 kg
DOB 10-01-1903
Debut 1922