Cliff MacRae

Cliff MacRae
Personal information
Full name	Cliff MacRae
Date of birth	30 November 1913
Date of death	4 April 2000 (aged 86)
Original team(s)	Werribee
Height/Weight	180 cm / 75 kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1935-1939 1939 Total	Footscray Collingwood	58 (62) 03 0(7) 61 (69)
^1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1939 season.

Cliff MacRae (30 November 1913 – 4 April 2000)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

MacRae, a half forward, was recruited to Footscray from the Werribee Football Club.^[2] He kicked five goals for Footscray in their 1938 semi final defeat to Collingwood, a club he crossed over to during the 1939 VFL season, after being dropped from the Footscray team.^[3] On his debut for Collingwood, against South Melbourne, he kicked another five goals haul.^[4] Two games later he was playing in the 1939 VFL Grand Final, as a half forward flanker. Collingwood lost by 53 points and he would never appear for the club again.^[4]

References

1. "Cliff Macrae". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
2. Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
3. The Argus,"Movement Of Players - MacRae Cleared", 3 July 1939, p. 14
4. AFL Tables: Cliff McCrae