Ken Rollason
Kenneth Neville Cumstie Rollason was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League.
Family
The second son of Geelong player Neville Rollason and Mary Agnes Cumstie, Kenneth Rollason was born on 12 July 1928 at Ballarat, Victoria.He married Valma Janet Johnson on 2 May 1956.
Education
Educated at Melbourne Grammar School, and already a tall lad, he played his first match for the school's First XVIII at the age of 14.Football
Old Melburnians (VAFA)
In 1948, while playing for the Old Melburnians Football Club (OMFC) in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA), he was selected in the Victorian team that played in Western Australia in the Third Amateur Football Carnival. Playing at full-back, he won the Grosvenor Medal, awarded to the Carnival's best and fairest player.Melbourne (VFL)
Although he was originally "residentially bound to St Kilda", he was cleared to Melbourne from Old Melburnians on 13 April 1949, having resided in Melbourne's allotted territory for three years.He played in 11 senior games for Melbourne over two seasons.
He left Melbourne halfway through the 1950 season when he made a business trip to England.