1935 to 1939 Best and fairest North Melbourne

Wally Carter (born 4 February 1909, date of death unknown) was an Australian rules footballer who played for and coached North Melbourne in the VFL.

Carter made his debut for North Melbourne in 1929 and played with the club for over a decade, winning the inaugural Syd Barker Medal for their best and fairest player in 1937. Towards the end of the 1940 season he acted as caretaker coach but failed to get a victory. It was his last season as a player but he would return to the club in 1948 as coach. He acted as coach from 1948 to 1953 and again from 1958 to 1962. During this time he became the first ever person to coach over 200 games for North Melbourne and their first ever Grand Final coach.

He was inducted into the North Melbourne Hall of Fame in 2002

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Jock Cordner (born 9 June 1910, date of death unknown) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Footscray, Fitzroy and North Melbourne in the VFL. He was not related to the Cordner brothers who played in the same era.
Cordner played as a centreman and started his VFL career at Footscray. In two seasons with the club he managed just seven games due to a leg injury and he moved to Fitzroy in 1933. He played a couple of seasons with Fitzroy before being cleared to North Melbourne where he went on to play his best football. He won their 1938 Best and Fairest award and finished 6th in that year's Brownlow Medal. Cordner captained North Melbourne in 1941 but it would be his final season of league football, retiring due to injury. During his career he also represented Victoria at interstate football.

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Sid Dyer (born 25 May 1916, date of death unknown) was an Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Dyer twice finished equal sixth in the annual Brownlow Medal count, first in 1939 and again in 1946. He won the Syd Barker Medal in 1939 for North Melbourne's best and fairest player and also twice topped their goalkicking, in 1946 with 55 goals and the following season with 47.
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