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Stewart McLatchie

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Stewart McLatchie
Personal information
Full name Stewart McLatchie
Date of birth (1896-08-19)19 August 1896
Place of birth Sale, Victoria
Date of death 31 January 1968(1968-01-31) (aged 71)
Place of death Cheltenham, Victoria
Original team(s) Sale
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 69 kg (152 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1919–1924 Carlton 72 (103)
1925 Fitzroy 04 00(4)
Total 76 (107)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1925.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Stewart McLatchie, MM (19 August 1896 – 31 January 1968)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Military service

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McLatchie, a farmer from Sale, fought in World War I and was awarded a Military Medal for bravery.[3]

Football

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He was first rover in the Carlton team that lost the 1921 VFL Grand Final to Richmond, by just four points.[4]

A five-time VFL representative, McLatchie went to Fitzroy in 1925 but finished the season at Brunswick.[5]

He was a member of Brunswick's 1925 premiership side.[6]

Notes

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  1. ^ "Stewart McLatchie - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Stewart McLatchie". Blueseum.
  3. ^ "Honours and Awards - Stewart McLatchie". Government of Australia.
  4. ^ AFL Tables: Stewart McLatchie
  5. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  6. ^ "Stewart McLatchie". Australian Football.