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A ruckman, Pleass briefly gave the game away in 1902 to become a field umpire but returned to South
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265:was refused. During his career he represented
196:Playing statistics correct to the end of 1904.
618:, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996.
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226:(12 November 1874 – 27 August 1925) was an
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592:'Follower', "The Footballers' Alphabet",
602:is for Pleass, unsurpassed in the ruck".
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629:Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007).
448:. Perth. 4 September 1925. p. 14
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577:, (Tuesday, 8 September 1925), p. 1.
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479:. essendonfc.com.au. Archived from
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517:, (Saturday, 20 May 1922), p. 19.
671:Mick Pleass's playing statistics
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252:Victorian Football Association
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263:Western Australian Goldfields
513:Veteran Player Needs Help,
466:Holmesby & Main (2007).
286:Reginald Wilmot ("Old Boy")
228:Australian rules footballer
21:Australian rules footballer
16:Australian rules footballer
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528:Funeral Notices: Pleasss,
477:"Past Player Profiles – P"
408:Boulder, Western Australia
91:Boulder, Western Australia
69:Kent Town, South Australia
679:at AustralianFootball.com
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606:South Melbourne Team,
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545:The Westralian Worker
713:Sydney Swans players
530:The Kalgoorlie Miner
52:George Victor Pleass
44:Personal information
410:on 27 August 1925.
371:(South Melbourne),
315:(South Melbourne),
633:. BAS Publishing.
364:(South Melbourne).
349:(South Melbourne).
659:978-0-646-93604-8
558:Peeps at People,
445:Westralian Worker
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677:Mick Pleass
390:(Fitzroy),
384:Dick Condon
377:Joe McShane
369:Mick Pleass
360:(Geelong),
347:Herb Howson
345:(Fitzroy),
334:(Essendon).
330:(Geelong),
311:(Fitzroy),
307:Halfbacks:
302:Peter Burns
108:Position(s)
27:Mick Pleass
687:Categories
594:The Leader
586:References
543:Obituary,
440:"Obituary"
394:(Geelong).
379:(Geelong).
358:Eddy James
352:Forwards:
324:Fred Leach
309:Pat Hickey
304:(Geelong).
204:AFL Tables
575:The Argus
322:Centres:
282:The Argus
202:Sources:
153:1897–1904
414:See also
382:Rovers:
317:Alf Wood
267:Victoria
246:Football
236:Essendon
189:132 (45)
174:Essendon
163:109 (41)
111:Follower
337:Wings:
292:Backs:
261:in the
259:Boulder
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487:20 May
452:20 May
367:Ruck:
224:Pleass
147:19 (4)
426:Notes
402:Death
183:Total
178:4 (0)
160:(VFA)
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121:Years
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655:ISBN
635:ISBN
620:ISBN
489:2015
454:2015
234:and
220:Mick
169:1904
137:1896
125:Club
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