Claude Curtin Explained

Claude Curtin
Fullname:Claude Frederick Curtin[1]
Birth Date:4 July 1920
Birth Place:Brunswick, Victoria
Originalteam:Fitzroy CYMS
Height:183 cm
Weight:83 kg
Statsend:1949
Years1:1939–1947
Club1:Fitzroy
Games Goals1:91 (268)
Years2:1948
Club2:North Melbourne
Games Goals2:4 (7)
Years3:1949
Club3:Fitzroy
Games Goals3:2 (1)
Games Goalstotal:97 (276)

Claude Frederick Curtin (4 July 1920 – 13 December 1994)[2] [3] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the VFL.

A full-forward, Curtin was the nephew of former Australian Prime Minister John Curtin.[4] He kicked over fifty goals in a season on four separate occasions, from 1940 to 1942 and in 1946. In each of those seasons he topped Fitzroy's goalkicking. He would have been a member of the club's 1944 premiership side had he not be away on war service.His grandson is former Hawthorn player and Carlton coach John Barker

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: WW2 Nominal Roll. Australian Government.
  2. Web site: Claude Curtin - Player Bio. Australian Football. 10 December 2014.
  3. News: Gray. Darren. (For the Record). 24 January 2011. The Age. 18 December 1994. 16.
  4. News: Skulley. Mark. True-Blue Party Faithful Await Hawke Successor. 24 January 2011. The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 February 1992. 6.