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Key Facts

Full name
Colin Laidlaw

Known as
Col Laidlaw

Born
16 September 1896

Died
25 January 1985 (aged 88)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 22y 250d
Last game: 29y 332d

Height and weight
Height: 173 cm
Weight: 71 kg

Senior clubs
Essendon; Footscray

Jumper numbers
Essendon: 12, 19
Footscray: 14, 9

Recruited from
Essendon (1925)

Col Laidlaw

Advanced stats
Club
League
Career span
Games
Goals
Avg
Win %
AKI
AHB
AMK
BV
EssendonV/AFL1919-192341160.3941%———0
FootscrayV/AFL1925-19262510.0420%———2
V/AFL1919-1923, 1925-192666170.2633%———2
Total1919-1923, 1925-192666170.2633%———2

AFL: 2,432nd player to appear, 3,574th most games played, 4,023rd most goals kickedEssendon: 307th player to appear, 400th most games played, 359th most goals kickedFootscray: 7th player to appear, 427th most games played, 692nd most goals kicked

Useful wingman though he was, Colin Laidlaw found it difficult to hold down a regular spot in Essendon’s strong line-up. Between 1919 and 1923 he played 42 VFL games for the Same Old and scored 16 goals. After not being included in the team for the 1923 grand final clash with Fitzroy he sought, and was granted, a clearance to VFA side Footscray, whom he helped to the 1924 premiership. He continued with the Tricolours after their admission to the VFL in 1925, and went on to add 25 games and one goal to his respective career tallies over the course of a two season stint.

Author - John Devaney

Sources

Full Points Publications

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.