Neil Lewthwaite

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Neil Lewthwaite
Personal information
Date of birth (1939-08-11) 11 August 1939 (age 81)
Original team(s) Ivanhoe Amateurs
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1961 South Melbourne 9 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1961.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Neil Lewthwaite (born 11 August 1939) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]

Before he came to South Melbourne, Lewthwaite played for Ivanhoe Amateurs, in the Victorian Amateur Football Association. An Ivanhoe best and fairest winner in 1959, Lewthwaite was a member of the Victorian Amateurs team that competed in that year's AAFC Perth Carnival, then represented the VAFA again in 1960 and earned All-Australian selection. [2] [3]

Lewthwaite made nine appearances for South Melbourne in the 1961 VFL season. [4]

For the rest of his career, Lewthwaite played for Acton in the Canberra Australian National Football League. Lewthwaite, who was playing coach from 1966 to 1968, remained at Acton until early in the 1972 season, when he retired after bringing up 200 games. [5] [6] He won the Mulrooney Medal in 1967. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN   9781920910785.
  2. ↑ "Best & Fairest Winners". Ivanhoe Amateur Football Club.
  3. ↑ "VAFA State Representatives". Ivanhoe Amateur Football Club.
  4. ↑ "Neil Lewthwaite". AFL Tables.
  5. ↑ "Duncan Wright not to coach Acton". The Canberra Times . 21 March 1969. p. 20. Retrieved 25 April 2014– via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Dave Morgan injured: may miss ANU game". The Canberra Times . 24 April 1972. p. 14. Retrieved 24 April 2014– via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "Those Last Five Games Did The Trick!". The Canberra Times . 22 August 1967. p. 20. Retrieved 25 April 2014– via National Library of Australia.
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