Stuart Stewart

Stuart Gilchrist Stewart (26 April 1907 – 26 April 1979)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Stuart Stewart
Personal information
Full name Stuart Gilchrist Stewart
Date of birth (1907-04-26)26 April 1907
Place of birth Hamilton, Victoria
Date of death 26 April 1979(1979-04-26) (aged 72)
Place of death Rocklea, Queensland
Original team(s) Ararat
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1926–1935 Hawthorn 130 (34)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
Victoria 5 (?)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1935.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Born in Hamilton to Francis William Stewart and Margaret Mary Gilchrist Laidlaw, Stewart joined Hawthorn from Ararat at the commencement of the 1926 VFL season.[3] Hard working, energetic and combative, Stewart was one of the best and most consistent players to represent Hawthorn during their inaugural decade in the VFL, being awarded 25 Brownlow Medal votes during his career. Equally at home across half back or in the ruck, Stewart was renowned for his ability to bring down high-flying marks seemingly regardless of the risk. He represented Victoria on 5 occasions. In 1936, Stewart became playing-coach of the Hawthorn seconds.[4]

In 1934 he married Beatrice Florence Bardon and in the early 1950s they moved to Brisbane, where they lived until his death in 1979.

References
  1. "Australian Football profile". Retrieved 10 April 2009.
  2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  3. "FOOTBALL". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 19 April 1926. p. 16.
  4. "STEWART FOR SECONDS". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 26 February 1936. p. 11.
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