Stuart Stewart

Stuart Stewart
Personal information
Full name Stuart Gilchrist Stewart
Date of birth (1907-04-26)26 April 1907
Place of birth Hamilton, Victoria
Date of death 26 April 1978(1978-04-26) (aged 71)
Place of death Rocklea, Queensland
Original team(s) Ararat
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1926–1935 Hawthorn 130 (34)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
Victoria 5 (?)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1935.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Stuart Gilchrist Stewart (26 April 1907 – 26 April 1978)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Early life

The son of Francis William Stewart (1870–1932)[3] and Margaret Mary Gilchrist Stewart (1885–1962),[4] nee Laidlaw, Stuart Gilchrist Stewart was born in Hamilton on 26 April 1907.

Football

Stewart joined Hawthorn from Ararat at the commencement of the 1926 VFL season.[5] Hard working, energetic and combative, Stewart was one of the best and most consistent players to represent Hawthorn during their inaugural decade in the VFL, being awarded 25 Brownlow Medal votes during his career. Equally at home across half back or in the ruck, Stewart was renowned for his ability to bring down high-flying marks seemingly regardless of the risk. He represented Victoria on 5 occasions.

In 1936, Stewart became playing-coach of the Hawthorn seconds.[6]

Later life

In 1934 he married Beatrice Florence Bardon[7] and they lived in Hawthorn.

Stewart later served in the Australian Army during World War II.[8]

In the early 1950s they moved to Brisbane, where they lived until his death in 1979.

Honours and achievements

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Australian Football profile". Retrieved 10 April 2009.
  2. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  3. ^ "Family Notices". The Argus. No. 26, 913. Victoria, Australia. 17 November 1932. p. 1.
  4. ^ "Margaret Mary Gilchrist Stewart". Find a Grave.
  5. ^ "FOOTBALL". The Argus. Melbourne. 19 April 1926. p. 16.
  6. ^ "STEWART FOR SECONDS". The Argus. Melbourne. 26 February 1936. p. 11.
  7. ^ "WHILE BABY SLEEPS". The Herald. No. 17747. Victoria, Australia. 3 April 1934. p. 12.
  8. ^ "STEWART, Stuart Gilchrist". Department of Veterans Affairs.


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