Cliff MacRae
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Clifton MacRae | ||
Date of birth | 30 November 1913 | ||
Place of birth | Claremont, Western Australia | ||
Date of death | 4 April 2000 | (aged 86)||
Original team(s) | Werribee | ||
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1935–1939 | Footscray | 58 (62) | |
1939 | Collingwood | 3 (7) | |
Total | 61 (69) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1939. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Clifton MacRae (30 November 1913 – 4 April 2000)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
MacRae, a half forward, was recruited to Footscray from the Werribee Football Club.[2] He kicked five goals for Footscray in their 1938 semi final defeat to Collingwood, a club he crossed over to during the 1939 VFL season, after being dropped from the Footscray team.[3] On his debut for Collingwood, against South Melbourne, he kicked another five goals haul.[4] Two games later he was playing in the 1939 VFL Grand Final, as a half forward flanker. Collingwood lost by 53 points and he would never appear for the club again.[4]
References
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- ^ "Cliff Macrae". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
- ^ The Argus,"Movement Of Players - MacRae Cleared", 3 July 1939, p. 14
- ^ a b AFL Tables: Cliff McCrae