fullname heightweight death_date years clubs statsend originalteam birth_date article_title name
neville oliver linney 182 cm / 82 kg 9 may 1985 1953-1957 st kilda 1957 malvern grammar 1 july 1933 neville linney
 neville linney
neville linney

neville oliver linney -lrb- 1 july 1933 - 9 may 1985 -rrb- was an australian rules footballer who played with st kilda in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- during the 1950s .
recruited from malvern grammar , linney was primarily a half back flanker , but was also used up forward on occasions .
he had an immediate impact on the vfl scene in 1953 and was selected to represent the league in the adelaide carnival that year , which he returned from with bronchitis .
in what would be his penultimate league appearance , linney had the unusual distinction of kicking his team 's only goal , as st kilda managed only 1.5 -lrb- 11 -rrb- against melbourne , the third-lowest vfl/afl score since 1916 .
he then kicked five goals in his last ever game for st kilda , a win over collingwood at junction oval in 1957 .
linney , who had prior convictions , was sent to jail in 1961 for a period of two years , after going to court over a break and enter into a south yarra shop .
he pleaded guilty to the charges of shopbreaking and stealing .
in 1966 he was again in court , this time charged with assault and attempted robbery on a woman in a dry cleaning shop .
