Clarrie Lethlean Explained

Clarrie Lethlean
Fullname:Clarence Lloyd Lethlean
Birth Date:12 July 1900
Birth Place:Port Melbourne, Victoria
Death Place:Melbourne, Victoria
Originalteam:Oakleigh
Height:182 cm
Weight:84 kg
Statsend:1927
Years1:1921
Games Goals1:9 (0)
Years2:1922–1924
Club2: (VFA)
Games Goals2:35 (33)
Years3:1925–1927
Games Goals3:43 (18)
Games Goalstotal:87 (51)
Careerhighlights:

Clarence Lloyd "Clarrie" Lethlean (12 July 1900 – 18 July 1969) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

The sixth of eight children born to Alexander Lethlean (1868–1943)[1] and Emily Lethlean (1869–1943),[2] nee Prisk, Clarence Lloyd Lethlean was born at Port Melbourne on 12 July 1900.

Clarrie Lethlean married Elva Margaret Roemus in 1925[3] and they had three sons together.

Football

Lethlean, who started his career at Oakleigh,[4] made nine appearances for Melbourne in the 1921 VFL season.[5] He switched clubs during the 1922 season, joining Hawthorn in the Victorian Football Association.[6] In 1925 he made a return to the VFL, with Hawthorn entering the competition.[5] An in-and-out 1925 season as a forward turned around when Lethlean was placed in defence and used as a relief follower. His bulk, guile and tenacity made him well suited to the role, and he became a key contributor over the next few seasons. Lethlean was elected captain of the side in 1927, where he gave good service as a ruckman during an injury crisis, despite missing four games through suspension. The 1927 VFL season was his final year at Hawthorn.[7]

Later life

In 1928 Lethlean and his family moved to Perenjori, Western Australia to become farmers,[8] but returned to Victoria about five years later after his brother's death.[9]

Lethlean worked as a public servant after his return to Victoria and was living in East Malvern at the time of his death in 1969.

He was cremated at Springvale Botanical Cemetery on 22 July 1969.[10]

Honours and achievements

Individual

Notes and References

  1. News: Family Notices . The Argus . 30,066 . Victoria, Australia . 5 January 1943 . 2.
  2. News: Family Notices . The Argus . 30,086 . Victoria, Australia . 28 January 1943 . 2.
  3. News: 11 April 1925 . Family Notices. . 1 . The Argus . Melbourne . National Library of Australia.
  4. News: 9 June 1927 . LEAGUE FOOTBALL. . 40 . Table Talk . Melbourne .
  5. http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/C/Clarrie_Lethlean.html AFL Tables: Clarrie Lethlean
  6. News: FOOTBALL. . The Argus . 23,669 . Victoria, Australia . 15 June 1922 . 11.
  7. Book: Lovett, Michael . AFL 2004 – The Official Statistical History of the AFL . AFL Publishing . 2004 . 0-9580300-5-7.
  8. News: 30 March 1928 . SEASON'S PREPARATION'S. . 4 . The Argus . Melbourne . National Library of Australia.
  9. News: 1 December 1931 . THE MOROWA TRAGEDY. . 1 . . Perth .
  10. Web site: Clarence Lloyd Lethlean . Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust.