Ken Obst

Australian rules footballer
Ken Obst
Ken Obst competing with Norwood player Henry Batt in 1937.
Personal information
Original team(s) Angaston[1]
Position(s) Defender[2]
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
1933–1943 Port Adelaide 165
Career highlights

Ken Obst was an Australian rules footballer for the Port Adelaide Football Club during the 1930s and 1940s.

References

  1. ^ "Ken Obst". The Sport. Vol. 30, no. 1545. South Australia. 26 July 1940. p. 2 (FINAL EDITION). Retrieved 5 November 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Ken Obst". The Sport. Vol. 30, no. 1545. South Australia. 26 July 1940. p. 2 (FINAL EDITION). Retrieved 5 November 2018 – via National Library of Australia.


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Port Adelaide Football Club1936 SANFL premiers
Port Adelaide 13.19 (97) defeated Sturt 14.10 (94), at Adelaide Oval
  • Dermody (c)
  • Hender
  • Hollingworth
  • Johnson
  • Meers
  • Obst
  • Prideaux
  • Quinn
  • Reval
  • Rudd
  • West
Coach: Hosking
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Port Adelaide Football Club1937 SANFL premiers
Port Adelaide 13.16 (94) defeated South Adelaide 9.16 (70), at Adelaide Oval
  • Dermody (c)
  • Doyle
  • Hender
  • Hollingworth
  • Johnson
  • Obst
  • Quinn
  • Reval
  • Roberts
  • West
  • Whicker
  • Wightman
Coach: Hosking
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Port Adelaide Football Club1939 SANFL premiers
Port Adelaide 16.28 (124) defeated West Torrens 11.11 (77), at Adelaide Oval
  • 1. Quinn (c)
  • 2. Rudd (vc)
  • 4. Johnson
  • 5. McLean
  • 6. Reval
  • 7. Roberts
  • 8. Brock
  • 9. Abbott
  • 10. Bampton
  • 11. Kellaway
  • 12. R. Dangerfield
  • 13. Hender
  • 15. Skelley
  • 16. Schumann
  • 18. Obst
  • 19. Hollingworth
  • 20. Greening
  • 21. Martyn
  • 24. I. Dangerfield
  • 25. Carmichael
Coach: Quinn
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1940 SANFL Patriotic Match - Country v City
Metropolitan Team 23.14 (152) d Country Team 17.23 (125) at Adelaide Oval, 3 August 1940, crowd: 5,592
Country Team
  • Captain: Dawes
  • Bagshaw
  • Boyle
  • Brown
  • Chynoweth
  • Dangerfield
  • Greening
  • Halliday
  • Hogan
  • Huxtable
  • Oatey
  • Obst
  • Reynolds
  • Richter
  • Roberts
  • Rusby
  • Schultz
  • Schumann
  • Strauss
Metropolitan Team
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South Australian team – 1941 Interstate Game
Victoria 22.9 (141) d South Australia 19.17 (131), 12 July 1941, Adelaide Oval, crowd: 23,870
Full-forward
Half-forward
Centre
Half-back
Full-back
  • Colin Smith (C)
  • Ken Obst
  • Stan Cox
Ruck
  • Thomas Kellaway (VC)
  • Bill Bentley
  • Jack Skelley
19th Man
  • Mel Brock
Reserve
  • Kevin List