Craig Stewart | |
Fullname: | Craig Stewart |
Birth Date: | 15 September 1956 |
Death Place: | Melbourne |
Originalteam: | Preston (VFA) |
Height: | 193 cm |
Weight: | 99 kg |
Position: | Ruckman / forward |
Statsend: | 1986 |
Years1: | 1978 - 1983 |
Games Goals1: | 115 (122) |
Years2: | 1984 - 1986 |
Games Goals2: | 35 (3) |
Games Goalstotal: | 150 (125) |
Craig Stewart (15 September 1956 – 8 June 2023) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club and Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He is the father of James Stewart, who plays for the Essendon Football Club.[1] [2]
Stewart started out in the VFA with Preston, topping their goal-kicking in 1976 and winning their best and fairest award in 1977. He joined Collingwood in 1978 and went on to play 115 games for the club, including the 1980 and 1981 grand finals, which they lost. When not playing in the ruck, he was used up forward; he kicked 32 goals in 1979.
Stewart died on 8 June 2023 at the age of 66.[3]