John Rantall
John "Mopsy" Rantall is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.
Originally from Cobden, Rantall moved to the South Melbourne Football Club, where he debuted in 1963.
In 1973, he moved to North Melbourne Football Club under the VFL's short-lived "10-year rule", which allowed players with ten years' service at one club to move to another club without a clearance, with the intention of playing in a premiership side. He got his wish, winning in 1975; and, then, moving back to South Melbourne for 1976. A reliable defender who worked tirelessly to repel opposition attacks, Rantall had magnificent skills.
He moved to Fitzroy for one last season in 1980, where he played 6 games and broke Kevin Murray's VFL games record.
In total, Rantall played 336 games—260 for South Melbourne, 70 for North Melbourne, and 6 for Fitzroy.
In 1996, Rantall was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.Footnotes
