fullname heightweight death_date years clubs statsend originalteam birth_date article_title name
john walter southern 178 ; kg & nbsp ; cm / 74 & nbsp 08 march 2003 1941 1943 1944-1945 1946 '' ` total '' ' geelong south melbourne geelong st kilda 1946 north geelong -lrb- gdfa -rrb- 26 october 1921 wally southern
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john walter `` wally '' southern -lrb- 26 october 1921 -- 8 march 2003 -rrb- was an australian rules footballer who played with geelong , south melbourne and st kilda in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- .
southern came to the vfl from north geelong .
he made one appearance for geelong in the 1941 vfl season and also played a single game for south melbourne in the 1943 season .
in 1944 he went back to geelong and got to play a full season , missing only one game all year .
he spent one more season at geelong , and then went to st kilda in 1946 , where he played four games .
after moving to adelaide in 1948 , southern began playing for sturt .
he initially played seniors , and then captained their b grade team and in 1952 won the b grade magarey medal .
