Cliff MacRae

Cliff MacRae
Personal information
Full name Cliff MacRae
Date of birth 30 November 1913
Date of death 4 April 2000(2000-04-04) (aged 86)
Original team(s) Werribee
Height/Weight 180 cm / 75 kg
Playing career1
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. 1 2 AFL Tables: Cliff McCrae


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