Max Kruse (Australian footballer)

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Max Kruse
Personal information
Date of birth (1958-10-29) 29 October 1958 (age 64)
Original team(s) Leeton
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 91 kg (201 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1979–1985 South Melbourne/Sydney 88 (32)
1986–1989 Glenelg 73 (25)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1989.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Max Kruse (born 29 October 1958) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the South Melbourne/Sydney in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]

Kruse was named after his father, Max Kruse, a former Prahran ruckman who represented the Victorian Football Association at the 1953 Adelaide Carnival. [2] [3] Kruse senior was appointed coach of New South Wales club Leeton in 1957 and his son was born the following year. [2]

In 1978, Kruse kicked 52 goals for Leeton [4] , playing mainly from centre half forward and finished third in the league medal, the Gammage Medal, on 16 votes. [5] He played in their 1978 premiership when Leeton defeated Turvey Park in the SWDFL grand final.

A centre half-forward / centre half-back, Kruse joined South Melbourne in 1979 and played eight games that year, all from round 13. [6] He made another nine appearances in 1980, then from 1981 to 1984 put together 53 consecutive games. [6] A thigh injury in 1985 kept him out of the league team for much of the year and he played only three games. [2] [6] It would be Kruse's final season with the Swans, he then spent four years with Glenelg from 1986 to 1989, after moving to South Australia for business reasons. [2] He was a member of Glenelg's 1986 premiership team. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN   9781920910785.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Swan Songs – with Max Kruse". Sydney Swans.
  3. ↑ "Teamwork, system enable V.F.A. to beat Tasmania". Examiner . Launceston, Tasmania. 9 July 1953. p. 13 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "The Sou Wester" (PDF). NSW Football History. South West DFL. 10 September 1978. p. 14. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "1978 - The Sou Wester: Preliminary Final edition" (PDF). NSW Football History. South West DFL. 24 September 1978. p. 14.
  6. 1 2 3 "Max Kruse". AFL Tables.
  7. ↑ "Club Bio – Glenelg". Australian Football.
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