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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 career
Years Club Games (Goals)
1930 Fitzroy 18 (0)
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).

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.

Football

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

He returned to South Bendigo, as captain-coach, in 1931.

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.

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