Max Spittle 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 with 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

Australian Football League

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 (VFL) during the late 1940s.

Spittle made his debut midway through the 1947 season, in the same game Fred Fanning

Fred Fanning

Fred Fanning is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League . He was a strongly built forward who stood at 193 cm and weighed 102 kg and, prior to the Coleman Medal, topped the league's goal kicking charts in 1943 , 1944 and 1945...

was celebrating his 100th. A wingman, Spittle was a member of Melbourne's 1948 premiership team and kicked the only goal of his career in a game against Richmond earlier in the season.