Ralph Shalless

Ralph Curtis Shalless was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne [Football Club|Melbourne] and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League.
Shalless played for Melbourne reserves from 1940 and finally made his league senior debut in 1943.
He missed the next two seasons due to his service with both the Australian Army and then the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II.
Shalless was the Melbourne reserves vice-captain in 1946 and made another senior appearance late in the season.
Shalless captain/coached the Melbourne University Football Club side to the 1947 Sunraysia Football League premiership and also won League's best and fairest award in that year.
In 1948 Shalless returned to the VFL, this time playing with Hawthorn.
Shalless went on to Morwell in 1950 and won the List of Gippsland Football League [best and fairest winners|Central Gippsland Football League] Reserves best and fairest in 1951, 1952 and 1953!