John "Mopsy" Rantall (born 9 December 1943) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the South Melbourne Football Club, North Melbourne Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
A lightly-built defender who consistently held his own against many of the VFL's best forwards, Rantall was an inaugural inductee into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996. He is a member of both the North Melbourne and Swans Team of the Century.
John "Mopsy" Rantall (born 9 December 1943) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the South Melbourne Football Club, North Melbourne Football...
in successive weeks from Footscray's Ken Greenwood, his own teammate JohnRantall and Len Thompson. An extended series of graphic photographs displaying...
Contributing strongly for North Melbourne were Brent Crosswell, JohnRantall, Keith Greig, John Burns, David Dench, Mick Nolan, Sam Kekovich and Doug Wade...
short-lived Ten-Year Rule to land the signatures of VFL stars Doug Wade, JohnRantall and Barry Davis. With Keith Greig and David Dench starting to emerge...
unprecedented circumstance, signalled 'play on'. South Melbourne's key defender, JohnRantall (later to be a teammate of Wade when they both crossed to North Melbourne...
career of Brett Kirk. Former North Melbourne premiership-winning forward John Longmire took over as coach of the Swans as part of a succession plan initiated...
stars, including Barry Davis from Essendon, Doug Wade from Geelong, JohnRantall from South Melbourne, and Barry Cable from Perth. In a major coup, the...
John Blakey (born 24 July 1966) is a former Australian rules footballer who played 359 games in the Australian Football League. Recruited from Doncaster...
Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016. John, Nathan. "Brent Harvey enters the Australian Football Hall of Fame". NMFC...
Gunn 1956 Ian Gillett 1957–1960 Ron Clegg 1961–1971 Bob Skilton 1972 JohnRantall 1973–1976 Peter Bedford 1977–1979 Ricky Quade 1980–1983 Barry Round 1984...
other clubs such as Doug Wade (Geelong), Barry Davis (Essendon) and JohnRantall (South Melbourne) added great strength to the North Melbourne side. At...
Donald Bernie Smith Brad Hardie Gary Ayres Charlie Sutton Ian Nankervis JohnRantall Laurie Fowler Mark Browning Jeff Dunne Andrew Collins Glenn Archer James...
Ditterich (St Kilda to Melbourne), Adrian Gallagher (Carlton to Footscray), JohnRantall (South Melbourne to North Melbourne), and Doug Wade (Geelong to North...
Swans' football department to discuss the transfer to North Melbourne of John Longmire, a highly regarded junior key-position player. Once that deal was...
guidance, Lockett had a career-best season, tying for the Brownlow Medal with John Platten. In the first half of the pre-season match against West Coast in...
clubs throughout the country, including Malcolm Blight, Barry Cable, JohnRantall, Barry Davis and Doug Wade. North Melbourne won the wooden spoon in 1972...
the Century Full-back Glenn Archer David Dench Mick Martyn Half-back JohnRantall Ross Glendinning Ted Jarrard Centre Keith Greig Les Foote Laurie Dwyer...
the writers of The Fat, the monologues were first piloted with AFL player John Platten and boxer Spike Cheney before the ABC asked Kekovich to perform....
Oakley (VFL/AFL) Pat Rodriguez (Claremont, WAFL, ANFC) Tom Wills (Melbourne) John Acraman Charles Kingston Richard Twopeny Every year there is a special Hall...
Dwyer (2) 1968 John Dugdale 1969 Sam Kekovich 1970 Barry Cable 1971 David Dench 1972 Ken Montgomery 1973 Barry Davis 1974 JohnRantall 1975 Barry Davis...
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