Don Grossman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian rules footballer
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Place of Birth: Brunswick, Victoria, Australia
About Don Grossman
- Donald Clarence "Don" Grossman (27 December 1920 – 5 August 2004) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). A Port Melbourne recruit, Grossman started his VFL career in 1940.
- He didn't play at all in 1943 due to his Royal Australian Air Force commitments.
- He appeared in all 22 games for South Melbourne in 1945 and featured prominently in the "Bloodbath Grand Final", where Carlton defeated South Melbourne in a spiteful encounter.
- Starting in the back pocket, Grossman, who would later be an amateur boxer, played as a ruckman and was reported for striking Carlton's Jim Mooring.
- He was found guilty and missed the opening eight rounds of the 1946 VFL season through suspension.Grossman left South Melbourne in 1948 to take up an offer to captain-coach Warrnambool.
- He remained in that position for six years before switching to South Warrnambool in 1954 and coaching them to a premiership in his first year.
- In 1951, while at Warrnambool, he won the Hampden Football League's best and fairest award. Grossman remain in Warrnambool for the rest of his life.
- He was a contributor to the local newspaper on football related matters and was editing the history of the Warrnambool Football club when he died.
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