Allen Aylett

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Dr. Allen Aylett (born 24 April 1934), a dentist (as was the ex-Carlton President George Harris) is the recently retired chairman of the North Melbourne Football Club. He first held this position during the 1970s and then again from 2001-2005. In between, he had been the chairman of the then Victorian Football League (VFL) which is now known as the Australian Football League.

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Aylett had a brief cricketing career that he never fully pursued due to his interest in Australian rules football. He still played 11 first-class matches in the 1950s for domestic cricket side Victoria as a batsman, but was not successful, finishing with a poor batting average of just 16.

But it was as an Australian rules football rover that Aylett first made his mark. Aylett played 220 games and kicked 311 goals in a career spanning 1952-1964. He won North Melbourne's Best and Fairest award from 1958-1960, was All-Australian in 1958 and 1961, and was captain of his side from 1961-1964. He was selected in the North Melbourne Football Club's Team of the Century,

It is what he did later in his career however, as an administrator for the VFL (now known as the AFL)in the 1970s and 1980s, that he is most well known for. After holding the position of North Melbourne Football Club president in the 1970s he became president of the VFL and led the expansion of the VFL into the tough Sydney market, along with then-Sydney Swans president Geoffrey Edelsten.

Aylett signalled the end of his administration career after a final stint as North Melbourne Kangaroos president from 2001-2005.

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