Aubrey MacKenzie

Aubrey Duckworth MacKenzie (23 October 1894 – 15 July 1933) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Aubrey MacKenzie
Personal information
Full name Aubrey Duckworth MacKenzie
Date of birth 23 October 1894
Place of birth Durban, South Africa
Date of death 15 July 1933(1933-07-15) (aged 38)
Place of death near Broadford, Victoria[1]
Original team(s) Brunswick Juniors
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1914 Melbourne 02 (0)
1922–1924 St Kilda 35 (8)
Total 37 (8)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1924.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

A Brunswick junior, MacKenzie appeared twice for Melbourne in the 1914 VFL season before enlisting in the armed forces and serving during the war.[2][3]

MacKenzie was a member of Footscray's 1919 and 1920 Victorian Football Association premiership sides when he returned from the war and signed with St Kilda for the 1922 season.[4] The South African born ruckman spent three years with St Kilda and helped turn a struggling outfit into a winning team.[5]

In 1931, McKenzie was elected as President of the Corowa Football Club in the Ovens and Murray Football League. He also acted as their football coach in 1931, as a volunteer, receiving no remuneration. [6]

MacKenzie died on 15 July 1933, when he was beheaded in a motor vehicle accident near Broadford, Victoria. [7]

He was survived by his wife, Lillian, and his two children, Audrey and Maxie.[8]

References
  1. "Shocking Accident". The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express. NSW. 21 July 1933. p. 15. Retrieved 27 May 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Aubrey MacKenzie". AFL Tables.
  3. "Aubrey MacKenzie". Mapping our Anzacs. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011.
  4. "Aubrey MacKenzie – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  5. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  6. "1931 - Corowa FC appoint coach". Trove Newspapers. The Corowa Free Press. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  7. "1931 - McKenzie killed in motor tragedy". Trove Newspapers. The Herald. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  8. "Family Notices". The Argus. Melbourne. 18 July 1933. p. 1. Retrieved 28 December 2010 – via National Library of Australia.


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