Background
His father,, had played one senior game for, in the round seven match against Essendon, at the Brunswick Street Oval on 12 June 1920.
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Vic Chanter
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Recruited from the Alhington Football Club, Chanter had signed with in 1946 to avoid being bound to Collingwood (as he would have been under the soon-to-be-adopted new zoning laws). He played 5 senior games in 1946, and 13 in 1947. When Fred Hughson left at the end of the 1947 season, Chanter took over as fullback.
In 1951, he was full-back in the Victorian State team that played against the SAFL at the MCG on Saturday, 26 May 1951.
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Coleman, who would finish the season with 103 goals, did not score a goal in the match. And this was the first (and only) time that Coleman was held goal-less in his entire 98 game career.
He had less than half a dozen kicks for the entire match, and was only able to score two behinds, one of which was scored in the last scoring kick of the match.
Achievements
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Chanter made his debut for, aged 25, on 25 May 1946, against South Melbourne at the Brunswick Street Oval. South Melbourne won the match, 10.12 (72) to 7.21 (63). In 1951 he became the first fullback to win the club"s Best and Fairest award. He was one of the best players on the ground in Victoria"s unconvincing eight point win, 10.11 (71) to 9.9. In 1952, he was vice-captain. And, on Saturday, 28 June 1952, in round ten of the 1952 season, at a very, very muddy Brunswick Street Oval, in a tough, rugged match where 13.12 (90) beat Essendon 5.8 (38), Chanter played at full back against Essendon champion full-forward, John Coleman. He played his last game for in the 1952 Preliminary Final against Collingwood, which Collingwood won, 11.15 (81) to 9.8 (62).
