Aubrey MacKenzie explained

Aubrey MacKenzie
Fullname:Aubrey Duckworth MacKenzie
Birth Date:23 October 1894
Birth Place:Durban, South Africa
Death Place:near Broadford, Victoria[1]
Originalteam:Brunswick Juniors
Statsend:1924
Years1:1914
Club1:Melbourne
Games Goals1:2 (0)
Years2:1922–1924
Club2:St Kilda
Games Goals2:35 (8)
Games Goalstotal:37 (8)

Aubrey Duckworth MacKenzie (23 October 1894 – 15 July 1933) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

A Brunswick junior, MacKenzie appeared twice for Melbourne in the 1914 VFL season before enlisting in the armed forces and serving during the war.[2] [3]

MacKenzie was a member of Footscray's 1919 and 1920 Victorian Football Association premiership sides when he returned from the war and signed with St Kilda for the 1922 season.[4] The South African born ruckman spent three years with St Kilda and helped turn a struggling outfit into a winning team.[5]

In 1931, McKenzie was elected as President of the Corowa Football Club in the Ovens and Murray Football League. He also acted as their football coach in 1931, as a volunteer, receiving no remuneration.[6]

MacKenzie died on 15 July 1933, when he was beheaded in a motor vehicle accident near Broadford, Victoria.[7]

He was survived by his wife, Lillian, and his two children, Audrey and Maxie.[8]

Notes and References

  1. News: Shocking Accident . . NSW . 21 July 1933 . 27 May 2014 . 15 . National Library of Australia.
  2. Web site: Aubrey MacKenzie. AFL Tables.
  3. Web site: Aubrey MacKenzie . Mapping our Anzacs . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110706122048/http://mappingouranzacs.naa.gov.au/Details.aspx?barcode_no=1962675&TB_iframe=true&height=500&width=600 . 6 July 2011 . dmy .
  4. Web site: Aubrey MacKenzie – Player Bio. Australian Football. 14 August 2015.
  5. Book: Holmesby, Russell. Main. Jim. The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. 2007. 978-1-920910-78-5.
  6. Web site: 1931 - Corowa FC appoint coach . Trove Newspapers . The Corowa Free Press . 6 April 2020 . 3 April 1931. 5.
  7. Web site: 1931 - McKenzie killed in motor tragedy . Trove Newspapers . The Herald . 6 April 2020 . 17 July 1933. 5.
  8. News: Family Notices. . . Melbourne . 18 July 1933 . 28 December 2010 . 1 . National Library of Australia.