Career
A centreman, Mann was recruited from Rutherglen, Victoria and made his debut for Melbourne in their premiership season of 1959. He was a premiership player again the following season and went on to become the club captain in 1965, a position he kept for four seasons. He also twice topped their goalkicking, doing so as captain in 1967 and 1968.
Foreign his performance for Victoria in the 1966 Hobart Carnival he earned All-Australian selection.
After finishing his VFL career in Victoria he became captain-coach at South Fremantle, in Western Australia in the WAFL, winning a best and fairest in his debut season and captain-coaching that club to a Premiership in his second year, 1970. Mann coached Caulfield in the Victorian Football Association in 1981, and he was coach of the 1982 Eltham premiership team
In 2000 he was named at the half forward flank in Melbourne"s official "Team of the Century". He was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2013.
