George Rudolph was an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played for Richmond

Richmond Football Club

The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...

 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL) during the 1920s.

Rudolph was a follower, who played originally with Hawthorn

Hawthorn Football Club

The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...

 in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), but was also used in key positions. He appeared in seven finals over the course of his career, including the 1927 VFL Grand Final

1927 VFL Grand Final

The 1927 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and Richmond Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 1 October 1927...

 and 1928 Grand Final

1928 VFL Grand Final

The 1928 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and Richmond Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 29 September 1928. It was the 32nd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...

. Said to be an idol of club great Jack Dyer

Jack Dyer

John Raymond Dyer Sr. OAM , always known as Jack Dyer, was one of the colossal figures of Australian rules football during two distinct careers, firstly as a player and coach of the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League between 1931 and 1952, and later in the broadcast media for...

, Rudolph played both premiership deciders from centre half forward but Richmond didn't win either.

A Victorian interstate representative, Rudolph joined Oakleigh

Oakleigh Football Club

Oakleigh Football Club, nicknamed the Devils, was an Australian rules football club from Oakleigh which played in the VFA from 1929 until 1994...

 in 1929. He was a member of their inaugural VFA premiership teams in 1930 and 1931, as a centre half back in the latter. Rudolph was captain-coach of Coburg in 1934.