Michael E. Redenbach is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er who played with North Melbourne

North Melbourne Football Club

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 in the Victorian Football League

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 (VFL).

Redenbach was a blond haired half forward-flanker who arrived to North Melbourne from Bairnsdale.

He won the Gardiner Medal

Gardiner Medal

The Gardiner Medal was an Australian rules football award, formerly awarded to the best and fairest player in the VFL Reserves competition.Officially named the Seconds prior to 1959 and the Reserves from 1959 onwards, the competition ran from 1919 until 1999 and the medal was first awarded in...

 in 1970, on a count-back, from Melbourne's Paul Callery

Paul Callery

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At the end of the 1973 VFL season

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, Redenbach was one of the players traded to the Perth Football Club

Perth Football Club

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, so that North Melbourne could secure three time Sandover Medal

Sandover Medal

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 winner Barry Cable

Barry Cable

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