Lardie Tulloch

Lawrence Gideon "Lardie" Tulloch (15 April 1871 – 13 September 1955)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the early years of the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Lardie Tulloch
Tulloch during his Collingwood career
Personal information
Full name Lawrence Gideon Tulloch
Date of birth (1871-04-15)15 April 1871
Date of death 13 September 1955(1955-09-13) (aged 84)
Original team(s) Carlton Juniors
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1897–1904 Collingwood 129 (67)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1904.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Tulloch was born in Melbourne, the son of Daniel Tulloch and Elizabeth Trethway. Tulloch was a member of the Collingwood side which played in the inaugural VFL season, in 1897. A versatile player who was used at all ends of the ground, Tulloch was appointed Collingwood captain in 1902 and led Collingwood to the premiership that season, putting his name into history as the club's first ever VFL premiership winning captain. Another premiership followed the subsequent season and he remained captain for 1904, which was his final league season.

Following his retirement as a footballer, Tulloch served as a VFL umpire, officiating in 64 matches, including the 1907 VFL Grand Final. Tulloch remains the only person in VFL/AFL history to have captained a premiership team and umpired a Grand Final.[2]

In 1908 Tulloch was assaulted after a match which he had umpired between Melbourne and Geelong.[3] Later that season police struggled to protect Tulloch when he was mobbed by angry fans after a match between Carlton and St Kilda.[4]

Tulloch married Sarah Caroline Marshall (1872–1961) in Carlton, Victoria on 24 September 1903. He died in Carlton, Victoria in 1955.

References
  1. "Lardie Tulloch". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  2. Atkinson, p. 95.
  3. "Protecting umpires". The Argus. 19 May 1908. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
  4. "An umpire mobbed". The Argus. 29 June 1908. Retrieved 3 February 2011.

Sources
  • Atkinson, G. (1982) Everything you ever wanted to know about Australian rules football but couldn't be bothered asking, The Five Mile Press: Melbourne. ISBN 0 86788 009 0.
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