Marcus Boyall [SEP] date of death
Marcus Boyall
Marcus Boyall (8 October 1917 – 30 September 1985) was an Australian rules footballer best known for his playing career with Victorian Football League (VFL) club Collingwood and South Australian National Football League (SANFL) club Glenelg in the 1930s and 1940s.
VFL career.
Boyall debuted for Collingwood as a 16-year-old in the 1935 VFL season. He was not an automatic selection immediately – indeed in 1936 Boyall won the Gardiner Medal for best and fairest in the VFL reserves competition. By the end
- The 1938 VFL Premiership team was Carlton.
- The VFL's leading goalkicker was Ron Todd of Collingwood with 102 goals (120 after finals).
- "The Argus" newspaper's "Player of the Year", was shared between Norman Ware of Footscray and Marcus Boyall of Collingwood.
- The winner of the 1938 Brownlow Medal was Dick Reynolds of Essendon with 18 votes.
- South Melbourne took the "wooden spoon" in 1938.
- The seconds premiership was won by for the