About Ivan Baumgartner
Lived 1934 – 2020 (aged 86). Ivan Baumgartner was an australian rules football player.
Ivan Ernst Baumgartner (11 March 1934 – 30 December 2020 ) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong, Melbourne and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
After studying at Wesley College, Baumgartner moved to Geelong, in order to attend the Gordon Institute of Technology. While there he played with the Geelong Football Club. In 1953, his first season, he appeared in Geelong's preliminary final win over Footscray. He lost his place in the side for the grand final, to make way for Russell Renfrey, and had to watch his club's defeat of Collingwood from beyond the sidelines.
He finished his career at St Kilda, playing 16 of a possible 18 games for them in 1956.
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Australian rules footballer (1934-2020)
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Ivan Baumgartner was born on 11 March 1934.
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Ivan Baumgartner died on 30 December 2020.
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Ivan Baumgartner was an australian rules football player.
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