Don Cordner

This is the player profile for Don Cordner, born in 1922. Played for Melbourne in the VFL/AFL, winning two premierships with Melbourne (1941, 1948).

Player Details

Name: Donald Cordner
Full Name: Donald Pruen Cordner
Alias: Don Cordner
DOB: 21/01/1922
DOD: 13/05/2009
Height: 188cm
Weight: 89kg

Player History

Full Team History: Melbourne
Total Matches (Goals): 166 (23)
VFL/AFL Team History: Melbourne (1941-1950)
VFL/AFL Matches (Goals): 166 (23)

Player Accolades

VFL/AFL Debutant: 595th player to debut for Melbourne in the VFL/AFL
VFL/AFL Matches Played: 166 matches played for Melbourne in the VFL/AFL (1941-1950), with 42 as captain
VFL/AFL Premierships: 1941, 1948 (c) premierships won with Melbourne in the VFL/AFL
Sporting Life Team Of The Year: 1947, 1949

Relatives Details

Grandparents

  • Edward James Cordner (b. 1856, d. 1930) - paternal grandfather
  • Helen Cordner (née Rae) (b. 1860, d. 1952) - paternal grandmother

    • Parents

  • Edward Rae Cordner (b. 1887, d. 1963) - father
  • Margaret Constance Pruen - mother

    • Siblings

  • Edward Pruen Cordner (b. 1919, d. 1996) - brother
  • George Denis Pruen Cordner (b. 1924, d. 1990) - brother
  • John Pruen Cordner (b. 1929, d. 2016) - brother

    • Other (Blood Relatives)

  • Henry Cordner (b. 1885, d. 1943) - paternal uncle

    Distant (Blood Relatives)

  • Henry Cordner (b. 1831, d. 1916) - 3rd degree
  • Isaiah Joseph Cordner (b. 1860, d. 1934) - 4th degree
  • Joseph Alan Cordner (b. 1890, d. 1915) - 5th degree
  • Laurence Osmaston Cordner (b. 1911, d. 1992) - 5th degree
  • Martha Diggles Cordner (née Hislop) (b. 1835, d. 1922) - 3rd degree