What is Ron Hovey?
{{Infobox AFL biography | name = Ron Hovey | birth_date = 25 August 1932 | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|2015|1|6|1932|8|25|df=yes}} | death_place = | originalteam = St Brendans Shepparton, Shepparton Boys | height = 179 cm | weight = 79 kg | position = | statsend = 1960 | years1 = 1951–1960 | club1 = [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]] | games_goals1 = 141 (25) | careerhighlights = * Geelong premiership player 1951,52 * 3 time VFL interstate representative }} '''Ron Hovey''' {{Small|[[Order of Australia|OAM]]}} (25 August 1932 &ndash; 6 January 2015) was an [[Australian rules football]]er. He played with [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]] in the [[Australian Football League|Victorian Football League]] (VFL) from 1951 until 1960. He later served as the President of Geelong Football Club from 1988 until 1998. Two of his brothers, [[Ced Hovey|Ced]] and [[Jim Hovey|Jim]], also played league football for Geelong.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.geelongcats.com.au/news/2015-01-07/vale-ron-hovey|title=Vale Ron Hovey|date=7 January 2015|work=geelongcats.com.au|accessdate=10 January 2015}}</ref> Hovey died on 6 January 2015 at the age of 82.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-01-07/geelong-farewells-club-legend-ron-hovey|title=Geelong farewells club legend Ron Hovey|publisher=[[Australian Football League]]|date=7 January 2015|accessdate=10 January 2015}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hovey, Ron}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Australian rules footballers]] [[Category:Order of Australia]] {{Sports-bio-stub}}