Gerald McKenzie

Australian rules footballer, born 1904

Australian rules footballer
Gerald McKenzie
Personal information
Full name Gerald Michael McKenzie
Date of birth (1904-01-13)13 January 1904
Place of birth Rushworth, Victoria
Date of death 23 September 1977(1977-09-23) (aged 73)
Place of death Bendigo, Victoria
Original team(s) South Bendigo
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1930 Fitzroy 18 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1930.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Gerald Michael McKenzie (13 January 1904 – 23 September 1977) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

The son of John Charles Ross McKenzie (1869-1948), and Bridget Teresa McKenzie (1872-1968), née O'Dwyer, Gerald Michael McKenzie was born at Rushworth, Victoria on 13 January 1904.

He married Agnes Frayne Gerber (1914-1997) in 1939.[2]

Football

Recruited from South Bendigo Football Club in the Bendigo Football League, with whom he had played for five seasons (1925-1929).[3][4]

He returned to South Bendigo, as captain-coach, in 1931.[5][6][7]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.587.
  2. ^ Bendigo: Dance Party, The Advocate, (Thursday, 27 July 1939), p.29.
  3. ^ Football: Players for Fitzroy, The Age, (Friday, 21 February 1930), p.5.
  4. ^ Fitzroy Training List, The Argus, (Tuesday, 29 April 1930), p.17.
  5. ^ New Men Tried, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 18 April 1931), p.55.
  6. ^ Country Football — South Bendigo Defeat Echuca, at Bendigo, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 4 July 1931), p.32.
  7. ^ South Bendigo, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 27 May 1933), p.32.

References

  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

External links

  • Gerald McKenzie's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  • Gerald McKenzie at AustralianFootball.com
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