Ken Reynolds (footballer)

Kenneth Claude Arthur Reynolds (20 February 1909 – 18 March 1987) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Ken Reynolds
Personal information
Full name Kenneth Claude Arthur Reynolds
Date of birth (1909-02-20)20 February 1909
Place of birth Richmond, Victoria
Date of death 18 March 1987(1987-03-18) (aged 78)
Place of death Heidelberg West, Victoria
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1931 South Melbourne 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1931.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Reynolds enlisted to serve in the Australian Army in June 1940[2] and was posted to Singapore in early 1941. In 1942 he was captured by the Japanese and was interned in the Changi Prison until his release in 1945.[3]

Notes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 740. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "World War II Roll: REYNOLDS, Kenneth Claude Arthur". Department of Veterans Affairs.
  3. Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than Football: League Players at War. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 438. ISBN 978-0-992379-14-8.
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