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The Prize "was first awarded in 1908 in memory of Dr 'Gus' Kearney, an outstanding sportsman and former captain of the School who died at the young age of thirty-six years in March, 1907. The award was provided by the Old
Collegians' Association. In 1908, Norman Morrison described the award
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to be awarded annually on the lines of the Rhodes
Scholarships, for proficiency in school work, combined with prowess in athletic sports'."
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is still presented annually by
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and played in three of the
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Kearney died at the age of 36, on 10 March 1907, after a nasal operation.
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349:Geelong College - Dr Gus Kearney Memorial Prize
599:won the finals series with 3 wins and 0 losses
132:Playing statistics correct to the end of 1898.
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385:, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996.
231:twice and Victorian Singles title six times.
16:Australian rules footballer and tennis player
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293:"Team Players – August D. KEARNEY"
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786:VFL/AFL premiership players
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297:Essendon Football Club
182:Essendon Football Club
166:AustralianFootball.com
147:VFL premiership player
190:1897 premiership team
323:"Gus Kearney Top 10"
229:New South Wales Open
32:Personal information
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79:The Alfred Hospital
200:Kearney came from
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68:(1907-03-10)
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771:1907 deaths
736:1870 births
27:Gus Kearney
730:Categories
689:O'Loughlin
375:The Leader
367:References
329:30 January
162:AFL Tables
81:, Victoria
458:Christian
160:Sources:
117:1897–1898
664:Hastings
644:Ferguson
629:Cochrane
624:Cleghorn
619:Campbell
609:Anderson
596:Essendon
523:Thurgood
509:Prentice
470:Campbell
455:Chadwick
446:Anderson
434:Essendon
431:–
307:5 August
206:follower
196:Football
122:Essendon
694:Stuckey
684:Officer
674:Kinnear
669:Kearney
634:Collins
518:Stuckey
506:Parsons
502:Officer
494:Kearney
485:Grecian
465:Crebbin
184:in the
715:Wright
705:Vautin
679:Martin
659:Groves
649:Forbes
535:Wilson
532:Watson
528:Vautin
481:Forbes
477:Finlay
461:Clarke
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354:13 May
243:Legacy
223:Tennis
126:22 (9)
710:Waugh
700:Sykes
654:Gavin
639:Croft
614:Barry
538:Young
513:Sykes
498:Nixon
325:. ARF
262:Notes
235:Death
101:Years
489:Hall
474:Dick
451:Ball
387:ISBN
356:2016
331:2014
309:2009
247:The
151:1897
105:Club
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