Full name John Waddington 1958-1966 North Melbourne Years Club | Height/Weight 183 cm / 80 kg Original team(s) South Bendigo Name John Waddington | |
Date of birth (1938-05-24)24 May 1938 | ||
John Waddington (born 24 May 1938) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Waddington, a half forward, topped the Bendigo Football League goal-kicking in 1957, with 72 goals for South Bendigo. The following year he arrived at North Melbourne and played all possible 20 games in his debut season. This included their four-point semi final win over Fitzroy, in which he contributed three goals.
He remained a regular fixture in the team for the next eight years, mostly as a defender. It was as a centre half-back that he was selected for the Victorian interstate side in 1964.
At the end of the 1966 season he left North Melbourne to become senior coach of Benalla in the Ovens & Murray Football League. He won the 1968 Morris Medal.
He later played with Morningside in Queensland.