Stewart McLatchie

Stewart McLatchie
Personal information
Full name Stewart McLatchie
Date of birth (1896-08-19)19 August 1896
Date of death 31 January 1968(1968-01-31) (aged 71)
Original team(s) Sale
Height/Weight 170 cm / 69 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1919-1924
1925
Total		 Carlton
Fitzroy		 72 (103)
04 00(4)
76 (107)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1925 season.

Stewart McLatchie (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]

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

References

  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.
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