fullname heightweight death_date years clubs position statsend originalteam birth_date article_title name
cyril gove 168 cm / 55 kg 28 august 1973 1913 -- 15 , 1918 essendon wingman 1918 collegians 10 january 1890 cyril gove
 cyril gove
cyril gove

cyril gove -lrb- 10 january 1890 -- 28 august 1973 -rrb- was an australian rules footballer who played with essendon in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- .
gove , from st thomas grammar school , played his early football for the collegians .
a wiry wingman , he played 16 games in the 1914 vfl season and was chosen to represented the vfl in the sydney carnival .
gove rode the racehorse `` menthe '' into third place in the springbank corinthian handicap , a race for amateur riders , at moonee valley racecourse and then proceeded to travel straight over to the east melbourne cricket ground to play a vfl game against south melbourne , all on 29 may 1915 .
