A key forward despite his small stature, he kicked 27 goals in 1961 to finish third in Footscray's goal-kicking. He played all 21 games that year, including the 1961 VFL Grand Final loss, where he played at centre half-forward. When Ted Whitten was away playing interstate football, Ion captained Footscray in their round 13 fixture against North Melbourne - he was only 20 years old at the time.
A key forward despite his small stature, he kicked 27 goals in 1961 to finish third in Footscray's goal-kicking.
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
A
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
key
key
ADJ
JJ
dislocated
Number=Sing
forward
forward
NOUN
NN
case
despite
despite
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
amod
Degree=Pos
small
small
ADJ
JJ
nmod
Number=Sing
stature
stature
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
kick
kicked
VERB
VBD
nummod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
27
27
NUM
CD
obj
Number=Plur
goal
goals
NOUN
NNS
case
in
in
ADP
IN
obl
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1961
1961
NUM
CD
mark
to
to
PART
TO
advcl
VerbForm=Inf
finish
finish
VERB
VB
xcomp
Degree=Pos|NumType=Ord
third
third
ADJ
JJ
case
in
in
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Footscray
Footscray
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
compound
Number=Sing
goal
goal
NOUN
NN
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
obl
VerbForm=Ger
kick
kicking
VERB
VBG
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
He played all 21 games that year, including the 1961 VFL Grand Final loss, where he played at centre half-forward.
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
He
PRON
PRP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
play
played
VERB
VBD
det:predet
PronType=Tot
all
all
DET
PDT
nummod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
21
21
NUM
CD
obj
Number=Plur
game
games
NOUN
NNS
det
Number=Sing|PronType=Dem
that
that
DET
DT
obl:tmod
Number=Sing
year
year
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
case
VerbForm=Ger
include
including
VERB
VBG
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1961
1961
NUM
CD
compound
Number=Sing
VFL
VFL
PROPN
NNP
amod
Degree=Pos
Grand
Grand
ADJ
NNP
compound
Degree=Pos
final
Final
ADJ
NNP
obl
Number=Sing
loss
loss
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
advmod
PronType=Rel
where
where
ADV
WRB
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
play
played
VERB
VBD
case
at
at
ADP
IN
compound
Number=Sing
centre
centre
NOUN
NN
compound
NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|Number=Sing
half
half
NOUN
NN
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
advmod
forward
forward
ADV
RB
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
When Ted Whitten was away playing interstate football, Ion captained Footscray in their round 13 fixture against North Melbourne - he was only 20 years old at the time.
advmod
PronType=Int
when
When
ADV
WRB
nsubj
Number=Sing
Ted
Ted
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Whitten
Whitten
PROPN
NNP
aux
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
advmod
away
away
ADV
RB
advcl
Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part
play
playing
VERB
VBG
compound
Number=Sing
interstate
interstate
NOUN
NN
obj
Number=Sing
football
football
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Number=Sing
Ion
Ion
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
captain
captained
VERB
VBD
obj
Number=Sing
Footscray
Footscray
PROPN
NNP
case
in
in
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
their
their
PRON
PRP$
amod
Number=Sing
round
round
NOUN
NN
nummod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
13
13
NUM
CD
obl
Number=Sing
fixture
fixture
NOUN
NN
case
against
against
ADP
IN
compound
Number=Sing
North
North
PROPN
NNP
obl
Number=Sing
Melbourne
Melbourne
PROPN
NNP
punct
-
-
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
advmod
only
only
ADV
RB
nummod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
20
20
NUM
CD
obl:npmod
Number=Plur
year
years
NOUN
NNS
parataxis
Degree=Pos
old
old
ADJ
JJ
case
at
at
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
time
time
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.