Don McIntyre | |
Fullname: | Daniel Gordon McIntyre |
Birth Date: | 5 March 1915 |
Birth Place: | Geelong, Victoria |
Originalteam: | Pakenham |
Height: | 179 cm |
Weight: | 77 kg |
Statsend: | 1942 |
Years1: | 1935–1942 |
Club1: | Carlton |
Games Goals1: | 100 (2) |
Daniel Gordon "Don" McIntyre (5 March 1915 – 16 July 2013)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the VFL.[2] McIntyre played as a defender, usually in the back pocket. He won a Best and Fairest in 1937 and was the last surviving premiership player with Carlton in 1938.
A trained pilot, McIntyre flew operations in northern Australia and New Guinea during his service in the Royal Australian Air Force in World War II.[3]