Former Demon Don Cordner dies

Sad news, of the passing of Dr. Don Cordner, one of four brothers who played for the Dees.

Winner of the '46 Brownlow and member of the '41 and 48 premiership teams.

The end of a great life!

RIP Don.

Sincerest condolences to the Cordner family, great bunch of people.

May Don spend forever revelling in his glories, RIP.

Sincerest condolences to the Cordner family, great bunch of people.

May Don spend forever revelling in his glories, RIP.

Share those sentiments 45.

A True Demon Legend.

I have him on a Melbourne CD recorded in 1998 talking about his time as a player and doctor.

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When the Demons ruled this giant city.

R.I.P Sir Don

RIP Don

Sincerest condolences to the Cordner family, great bunch of people.

May Don spend forever revelling in his glories, RIP.

Last amateur to win the Brownlow.

A great and famous family.

RIP Don.

Sincerest condolences to the Cordner family, great bunch of people.

May Don spend forever revelling in his glories, RIP.

Well said '45 and I completely concur ...

A genuine Demon legend as well as being a genuinely good person.

My condolescences and best wishes for the family at this awful time.

Sad day for the Cordner family and for the club which Don represented so well.

A true great.

RIP.

RIP Don. I had the privilage of meeting him last year and although I wasn't alive in his playing days, I have nothing but respect for him (and also his family).

My condolences to the entire Cordner clan on the loss of a great man and a prominent member of Melbourne's foremost footballing family.

I also had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Don Cordner while I was walking around the block with fellow poster Redleg who recognised him and we introduced ourselves. He was waiting outside Melbourne Grammar's junior campus in Caulfield and we spent 10 minutes chatting about the Demons. Ten minutes that I will always treasure with great fondness.

Vale Dr. Don.

Sad news indeed. Don Cordner was a fine player and a real gentleman. Sincere sympathy to the Cordner families.

A great MFC and MCC man and a true gentleman as anyone who's met him at the G doing one of his tours would know.

Don't worry, he'll be yelling the loudest when we next raise the Holy Grail!

R.I.P DON

true hero of the Dees

R.I.P DON

He Speaks to us from Beyond already!

It was only while driving home from yesterday's inter forum footy matches against the Bombers and the Pies that I really thought of the significance of the role of one of our players in the game and I hope he won't mind me bringing it up but it's a great story.

I suppose it's a bit unconventional for a coach to meet almost half of his team for the first time but that's what happens in these inter forum games. When I arrived at the ground to coach the Demon Internet team one of the players I was introduced to was called "Cords" and, playing a hunch, I asked him if that meant he was a Cordner. I was right. Cords (I think his name is James) is the grandson of Dr. Don Cordner and therefore great-grandson of Edward meaning he has a history with the colours and the club going back over a century and an association with the MCC/MFC going back further to the time of the very foundation of the AFL/VFL.

He plays for one of the University Blacks teams which also has a long association with the Cordner name and he was one of our best yesterday. I checked later and discovered that his father Chris (who was a handy amateur footballer in his day - some say he could easily have played VFL but concentrated on his studies) is an Associate Professor in Philosophy and lectures on subjects like "goodness".

So I guess that all fits in because the tale of Cords wearing the colours so long associated with his family with distinction is a truly good news story for me.

It was only while driving home from yesterday's inter forum footy matches against the Bombers and the Pies that I really thought of the significance of the role of one of our players in the game and I hope he won't mind me bringing it up but it's a great story.

I suppose it's a bit unconventional for a coach to meet almost half of his team for the first time but that's what happens in these inter forum games. When I arrived at the ground to coach the Demon Internet team one of the players I was introduced to was called "Cords" and, playing a hunch, I asked him if that meant he was a Cordner. I was right. Cords (I think his name is James) is the grandson of Dr. Don Cordner and therefore great-grandson of Edward meaning he has a history with the colours and the club going back over a century and an association with the MCC/MFC going back further to the time of the very foundation of the AFL/VFL.

He plays for one of the University Blacks teams which also has a long association with the Cordner name and he was one of our best yesterday. I checked later and discovered that his father Chris (who was a handy amateur footballer in his day - some say he could easily have played VFL but concentrated on his studies) is an Associate Professor in Philosophy and lectures on subjects like "goodness".

So I guess that all fits in because the tale of Cords wearing the colours so long associated with his family with distinction is a truly good news story for me.

Chris was a Rhodes Scholar and was a more than handy amateur footballer.......he was in the Victorian Amateur team.

By the way, it's good to see the Uni Blacks back up in A Grade.

Grandson of a gun?

Keep him away from my Aunty- she will be all over him like a rash once she hears that sweet Surname.

She loved to go back to the rooms after a game to hear the song.(and check out Viney while he'd nude up.)

Grandson of a gun?

Close DemonWA I am certainly the grandson of a (still living) Melbourne champion however i'm not a Cordner.

Close DemonWA I am certainly the grandson of a (still living) Melbourne champion however i'm not a Cordner.

Spill the beans .This is a club that is nothing without its history.

The present is crap but the future is looking OK.

Close DemonWA I am certainly the grandson of a (still living) Melbourne champion however i'm not a Cordner.

worth a guess,

i read the forum footy match writeup and notced that you didnt line up for demonland so realsied i guessed incorrectly!

Close DemonWA I am certainly the grandson of a (still living) Melbourne champion however i'm not a Cordner.

Noel McMahen?