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Key Facts

Full name
Lew Massey

Known as
Lew Massey

Born
13 February 1869

Died
18 June 1944 (aged 75)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 28y 105d
Last game: 28y 161d

Senior clubs
Melbourne

Lew Massey

Advanced stats
Club
League
Career span
Games
Goals
Avg
Win %
AKI
AHB
AMK
BV
MelbourneV/AFL1897810.1375%———0
Total1897810.1375%———0

AFL: 205th player to appear, 8,709th most games played, 8,483rd most goals kickedMelbourne: 25th player to appear, 830th most games played, 829th most goals kicked

A gifted athlete who excelled at school in rowing, sprinting, long jump and high jump amongst other things, Lew Massey crossed from his native Tasmania to Melbourne Football Club at the age of 17, having represented a Southern Tasmanian side against the Redlegs a year earlier. Playing his first VFA game in 1890, Massey was a regular fixture in the Melbourne side until 1897, the inaugural VFL season, during which he played eight games.

Upon hanging up the boots, Massey joined the club's committee.

Author - Andrew Gigacz

Sources

demonwiki, The Launceston Examiner, The Argus, The Australasian

Footnotes

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