Laurie Slack Explained

Laurie Slack
Fullname:Laurence Gordon Slack
Birth Date:17 March 1915
Birth Place:Bacchus Marsh, Victoria
Originalteam:East Geelong
Height:178 cm
Weight:70 kg
Position:Wing
Statsend:1940
Years1:1935–1940
Club1:Geelong
Games Goals1:77 (11)

Laurence Gordon Slack (17 March 1915 – 5 February 1991)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Slack was a wingman, from East Geelong, who spent six seasons in the VFL.[2] He was a member of Geelong's 1937 premiership team and had 15 kicks and seven marks in the grand final.[3] Earlier in the season Slack missed four games through suspension for attempted striking, ending a four-year run where no Geelong player had fronted the tribunal.[4] He remained a regular member of the side until 1940, when he was picked just once.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Slack. Lawrence. Genealogy. ancestry.com. 1 November 2013.
  2. Book: Holmesby. Russell. Main. Jim. The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. 2007. 978-1-920910-78-5.
  3. Web site: 1937 VFL Grand Final: Geelong vs. Collingwood. Australian Football.
  4. Launceston Examiner,"Gossip Of Clubs And Players", 30 July 1937, p. 10
  5. Web site: AFL Tables: Laurie Slack . afltables.com.