Stuart Stewart

Stuart Stewart
Personal information
Full name	Stuart Gilchrist Stewart
Date of birth	26 April 1907
Place of birth	Hamilton, Victoria
Date of death	26 April 1979 (aged 72)
Place of death	Rocklea, Queensland
Original team(s)	Ararat
Height / weight	185 cm / 83 kg
Playing career^1
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.

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]

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 2009-04-10.
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.

External links

• Stuart Stewart's statistics from AFL Tables