Gordon Ogden was an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played for Melbourne

Melbourne Football Club

The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....

 in the Victorian Football League

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 (VFL).

Ogden, the son of dual Essendon premiership player Percy

Percy Ogden

Percy Ogden was an Australian rules footballer who played with and coached Essendon in the VFL.A rover, Ogden started his career with Collingwood in 1905. He played just four games with the club and didn't return to the VFL until 1910, with Essendon. Ogden was a member of Essendon's back to back...

, was recruited from Northcote CYMS. He played at Melbourne as a back pocket

Back pocket

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 specialist and represented the VFL five times during his career. After appearing in losing Preliminary Finals at the end of the 1936 and 1937 seasons, Ogden left the club for Williamstown

Williamstown Football Club

The Williamstown Football Club, nicknamed The Seagulls, is an Australian rules football club based in Melbourne and are currently playing in the Victorian Football League...

 in the Victorian Football Association

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From 1939 to 1941, the same years that Melbourne would win three premierships, Ogden captain-coached Williamstown. He steered them to a flag in 1939 and returned after in 1945 the war to captain-coach the club for one final season. Ogden did however spent two more years as non playing coach, in 1948 and to another premiership in 1949. The former Melbourne defender then coached Yarraville

Yarraville Football Club

Yarraville Football Club was an Australian rules football club founded in 1903 and played in the VJFA until 1927. In 1928, the club joined the VFA where it played until 1984 when the club went into recess. In 1996, the Kingsville Football Club in the FDFL who by this time had taken over the...

to a Grand Final in 1953, a surprise considering they had claimed the previous three wooden spoons.