Andy Angwin
Andy Angwin | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Lawrence Andrew Angwin | ||
Date of birth | 4 September 1918 | ||
Place of birth | Boulder, Western Australia | ||
Date of death | 14 July 2002 | (aged 83)||
Original team(s) | Port Melbourne (VFA) | ||
Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1938–1944 | Hawthorn | 75 (10) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1944. | |||
Career highlights | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Lawrence Andrew Angwin (4 September 1918 – 14 July 2002)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
A wingman, Angwin played with Port Melbourne in the Victorian Football Association before joining Hawthorn; he was the first player to cross from the VFA to the VFL without a clearance after the competitions ended their reciprocal permit agreement in 1938, and as a result he was suspended from playing in the VFA.[2] However, this did not affect his ability to play in the VFL, and he won Hawthorn's best and fairest award in 1940 and finished runner up in the following two seasons. Angwin also did well in the 1941 Brownlow Medal, polling 13 votes to finish equal sixth and earned Victorian selection, representing them against South Australia in an interstate match.
Angwin's grandson Laurence Angwin also played in the Australian Football League.
Honours and achievements
[edit]Individual
- Hawthorn best and fairest: 1940
- Hawthorn life member
References
[edit]- ^ "Andy Angwin – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ^ "Player without clearance – Cleared by V.F.L.". The Argus. Melbourne. 28 April 1938. p. 18.
External links
[edit]- Andy Angwin's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Profile at Hawksheadquarters
- 1918 births
- 2002 deaths
- Hawthorn Football Club players
- Peter Crimmins Medal winners
- Port Melbourne Football Club players
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
- Australian rules footballers from Western Australia
- Sportspeople from Boulder, Western Australia
- Australian rules biography, 1918 birth stubs