Joe Sellwood

Not to be confused with Joel Selwood.

Joe Sellwood
Personal information
Full name	Joe Selwood
Date of birth	24 January 1911
Place of birth	New Zealand
Date of death
Place of death	Belmont, Victoria
Original team(s)	Wunghnu Football Club
Height/Weight	184 cm / 86 kg
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1930–1941; 1944–1945	Geelong	180 (97)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1945 season.

Joe Sellwood (24 January 1911 – 18 October 2007) was a New Zealand born Australian rules football player, playing 181 games from 1930–1945. Sellwood, recruited from Wunghnu Football Club was part of the Geelong Football Club 1937 premiership team.

Prior to his death in 2007, at 96 years old, he was recognised as the oldest VFL/AFL premiership player and was given honorary induction into the AFL 200 Club, because his career suffered significant interruption during World War II, preventing him from reaching 200 games. He died on 18 October 2007 at a nursing home in Belmont, Victoria. He is survived by his four daughters Lesley, Margaret, Joan and Judith, 18 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren, and four great-great grandchildren. Joe's interests included playing the piano accordion, keyboard, watching football (particularly the Cats) and being with his family.

External links

• Joe Sellwood's statistics from AFL Tables