Ron Hovey

Ronald Clive Hovey (25 August 1932 – 6 January 2015) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Career Hovey played in the 1947 Shepparton Boys Football Club's Central Goulburn Valley Football League premiership team as a 15-year-old before moving to Geelong to play in the Geelong Under-19's side in 1948.

Hovey was a regular in the Geelong backline during the 1950s and would sometimes push into the midfield. He was a member of Geelong's 1951 and 1952 premiership teams. Hovey, who finished equal seventh in the 1959 Brownlow Medal, was captain of Geelong in 1960, his final season. Hovey was forced to retire six games into the 1960 VFL season due to an ongoing knee injury.

Two of his brothers, Ced and Jim, also played league football for Geelong.

Later years Following his retirement from his playing career, Hovey continued with Geelong in a number of administrative roles, serving as club President of Geelong Football Club from 1988 until 1998. and the Centenary Medal in 2001.

He died on 6 January 2015, aged 82.