Malcolm Scott (Australian footballer)

Malcolm Jeffrey Scott (11 April 1958 – 4 November 2017) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and Sydney in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Malcolm Scott
Personal information
Full name Malcolm Jeffrey Scott[1]
Date of birth (1958-04-11)11 April 1958
Date of death 4 November 2017(2017-11-04) (aged 59)
Original team(s) North Ballarat
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Position(s) Full Forward
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1979–80 St Kilda 10 (26)
1985 Sydney 01 0(1)
Total 11 (27)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1985.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Scott’s Ballarat Football League achievements included more than 100 junior and more than 100 senior games with North Ballarat FC and three senior premierships in 1978, 1979 and 1982. He also played more than 50 senior games with Sebastopol FC and more than 100 senior games with Bacchus Marsh FC. Scott was the Tony Lockett Medalist for most goals kicked in a BFL season in 1987 and 1990.[3]

Malcolm Scott also played for Learmonth in the Central Highlands FL and Avoca in the Lexton FL.

Malcolm Scott was also a long serving member of the Australian Federal Police and Victoria Police. He committed suicide in November 2017, aged 59.[4]

Notes
  1. "Malcolm Scott - Death Notice". Ballarat Courier.
  2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 797. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  3. O'Connor, Tim (4 November 2017). "Friends and family mourning the death of football great Malcolm Scott". The Courier. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  4. Palin, Megan (29 October 2018). "AFP suicides: Another police officer has walked into work and not come out alive". news.com.au.
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