Rolland Fairley
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Rolland Fairley was an Australian rules football
er who played with South Melbourne
and Hawthorn
in the Victorian Football League
(VFL).
Arriving from South Melbourne Districts, Fairley played eight games for South Melbourne in the 1927 VFL season
. He appeared two more times for the club in 1928 but finished the season at Hawthorn, playing 12 games. All his appearance with Hawthorn were losses.
Fairley was killed in a road accident at Wallan
in 1930, en route to Shepparton. He had been changing a tyre on the side of the road when he was struck by another vehicle.
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 South Melbourne
Sydney Swans
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and Hawthorn
Hawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
in the Victorian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
(VFL).
Arriving from South Melbourne Districts, Fairley played eight games for South Melbourne in the 1927 VFL season
1927 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1927.-Premiership season:In 1927, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, with no "reserves", although any of the 18 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume...
. He appeared two more times for the club in 1928 but finished the season at Hawthorn, playing 12 games. All his appearance with Hawthorn were losses.
Fairley was killed in a road accident at Wallan
Wallan, Victoria
Wallan or Wallan Wallan is a town in Victoria, from Melbourne on the Northern Highway in Australia.The town sits at the southern end of the large and diverse Shire of Mitchell which extends from the northern fringes of Melbourne into the farming country of north-central Victoria and the lower...
in 1930, en route to Shepparton. He had been changing a tyre on the side of the road when he was struck by another vehicle.