What key details about herbie matthews can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: '' for his family members of the same name , see herb matthews -lrb- disambiguation -rrb- . '' herbie matthews -lrb- 20 november 1913 -- 8 june 1990 -rrb- was an australian rules footballer who played for south melbourne in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- . he was recruited to south melbourne from suburban club fairfield under the vfl 's father -- son rule . his father , '' butcher '' matthews , partnered the great roy cazaly in south melbourne 's ruck combination of the early 1920s . although he was smaller and slighter in build than his ruckman father , he was a strong mark and showed a ferocious drive for possession of the football . he was recruited by south melbourne at the age of 17 in the face of determined approaches from collingwood and his local victorian football association club , northcote . a centreman and wingman with great pace , stamina and skills , he was awarded the brownlow medal in 1940 and was runner-up on another two occasions . he won his club 's best and fairest award five times and captained them from 1938 until 1945 . matthews crossed to victorian football association club oakleigh in 1946 as playing coach , and served there for two seasons . in 1997 matthews was inducted into the australian football hall of fame and in 2003 was named on the wing in south melbourne 's official team of the century .
- imagesize is 250px- heightweight is 177 cm / 76 kg- coachclubs is south melbourne- clubs is south melbourne- position is midfielder- years is 1932 -- 1945- statsend is 1945- originalteam is fairfield- coachyears is 1939 , 1954 -- 1957- death date is 8 june 1990- birth date is 20 november 1913- fullname is herbie matthews- name is herbie matthews- image is herbie matthews.jpg- sooteams is victoria