Andy Angwin
Andy Angwin | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Lawrence Andrew Angwin | ||
Date of birth | 4 September 1918 | ||
Place of birth | Boulder, Western Australia | ||
Date of death | 14 July 2002 | (aged 83)||
Original team(s) | Port Melbourne(VFA) | ||
Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1938–1944 | Hawthorn | 75 (10) | |
1Playing statistics correct to the end of 1944. | |||
Career highlights | |||
Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com |
Lawrence Andrew Angwin(4 September 1918 – 14 July 2002)[1]was anAustralian rules footballerwho played forHawthornin theVictorian Football League(VFL).
A wingman, Angwin played withPort Melbournein theVictorian Football Associationbefore joining Hawthorn; he was the first player to cross from the VFA to the VFL without a clearance after the competitionsended their reciprocal permit agreementin1938,and as a result he was suspended from playing in the VFA.[2]However, this did not affect his ability to play in the VFL, and he won Hawthorn'sbest and fairestaward in1940and finished runner up in the following two seasons. Angwin also did well in the1941Brownlow Medal,polling 13 votes to finish equal sixth and earnedVictorianselection, representing them againstSouth Australiain an interstate match.
Angwin's grandsonLaurence Angwinalso played in the Australian Football League.
Honours and achievements
[edit]Individual
- Hawthorn best and fairest:1940
- Hawthornlife member
References
[edit]- ^"Andy Angwin – Player Bio".Australian Football.Retrieved11 December2014.
- ^"Player without clearance – Cleared by V.F.L.".The Argus.Melbourne. 28 April 1938. p. 18.
External links
[edit]- Andy Angwin's playing statisticsfrom AFL Tables
- Profile at Hawksheadquarters
- 1918 births
- 2002 deaths
- Hawthorn Football Club players
- Peter Crimmins Medal winners
- Port Melbourne Football Club players
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
- Australian rules footballers from Western Australia
- Sportspeople from Boulder, Western Australia
- Australian rules biography, 1918 birth stubs