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Key Facts

Full name
Clarence Lethlean

Known as
Clarrie Lethlean

Born
12 July 1900

Died
18 July 1969 (aged 69)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 20y 299d
Last game: 27y 60d

Height and weight
Height: 182 cm
Weight: 84 kg

Senior clubs
Melbourne; Hawthorn

Jumper numbers
Melbourne: 16
Hawthorn: 16

Recruited from
Melbourne (1925)

Clarrie Lethlean

Advanced stats
Club
League
Career span
Games
Goals
Avg
Win %
AKI
AHB
AMK
BV
MelbourneV/AFL1921900.0033%———0
HawthornV/AFL1925-192743180.4216%———0
V/AFL1921, 1925-192752180.3519%———0
Total1921, 1925-192752180.3519%———0

AFL: 2,603rd player to appear, 4,250th most games played, 3,903rd most goals kickedMelbourne: 383rd player to appear, 809th most games played, 1,153rd most goals kickedHawthorn: 23rd player to appear, 294th most games played, 255th most goals kicked

After commencing his senior football playing career with Oakleigh, which at the time was competing in the Melbourne Districts Football Association, Clarrie Lethlean was recruited by Melbourne in 1921. He went on to play nine games with the Fuchsias that year without really establishing himself, and in 1922 he sought pastures new in the shape of VFA side Hawthorn, where he would remain until 1927. The last three of those years saw the club competing in the VFL, with Lethlean playing 43 VFL games and scoring 18 goals. Used as a forward early on, his career blossomed after he was switched to defence, where his principal assets of strength, tenacity and nous served him well. In his last season with the Mayblooms he was appointed captain.

Author - John Devaney

Sources

Full Points Publications

Footnotes

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