A rover, Emselle was a premiership player with Melbourne in 1964, starting on the bench in the grand final.
In 1969, he played mostly with the Melbourne reserves, subsequently winning the Gardiner Medal.
In 1970 he joined Prahran in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) and, during his four years at the club, Emselle won their best and fairest award twice and was their premiership captain in 1973.
Growing up, he attended Northcote High School, in Melbourne.
This Australian rules football biography of a person born in the 1940s is a stub.