George Margitich | |
Fullname: | George Francis Margitich |
Birth Date: | 18 November 1908 |
Birth Place: | Adelaide, South Australia |
Death Place: | Adelaide, South Australia |
Originalteam: | South Adelaide (SANFL), Rostrevor College |
Height: | 184 cm |
Weight: | 81 kg |
Statsend: | 1934 |
Years1: | 1930–1934 |
Club1: | Melbourne |
Games Goals1: | 75 (267) |
George Francis Margitich (18 November 1908 – 17 January 1958) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1930s.[1]
Margitich attended Rostrevor College and was a member of the 1st XVIII from the age of thirteen. In his final year at Rostrevor, Margitich captained the First XI cricket team. In 1927, he kicked 151 goals in eleven games, averaging almost 14 goals per game. In his five years representing Rostrevor's First XVIII football side he kicked over 400 goals.[2]
Following Rostrevor, Margitich played for South Australian National Football League (SANFL) club South Adelaide. Margitich then debuted for Melbourne in 1930 and kicked 73 goals, a then club record for most goals in a season. He topped their goalkicking again in 1931 and 1932 and managed 10 goals in a game three times in his career. The most he kicked was 12 against North Melbourne in 1931.