Trevor Somerville

Trevor Somerville (18 April 1944 – 22 December 2001)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Trevor Somerville
Personal information
Date of birth (1944-04-18)18 April 1944
Date of death 22 December 2001(2001-12-22) (aged 57)
Original team(s) Trafalgar
Height 193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 87 kg (192 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1963–1967 South Melbourne 49 (4)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1967.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

A ruckman, Somerville came to South Melbourne from Latrobe Valley Football League club Trafalgar.[2] He made 49 league appearances for South Melbourne, from 1963 to 1967.[3] In 1968 he coached in the Northern Tasmanian Football Association, at North Launceston.[4] For the next two years he played with and coached Maffra, back in Latrobe Valley, then switched to Sale in 1971 and steered his new club to a premiership that season.[5][6]

He is the younger brother of Essendon player John Somerville.[7]

References
  1. "Trevor Somerville - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  2. The Age, "South Sign Top Player", 15 November 1962, p. 15
  3. "Trevor Somerville". AFL Tables.
  4. "Honour Boards". North Launceston Football Club.
  5. The Age, "This year it's the final six", 9 April 1970, p. 29
  6. "Coaches". Sale Football Club.
  7. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
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