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Full name
John Loughridge
Known as
John Loughridge
Born
12 February 1923
Senior clubs
West Perth
Club | League | Career span | Games | Goals | Avg | Win % | AKI | AHB | AMK | BV |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
West Perth | WANFL | 1945-1950 | 125 | 42 | 0.34 | — | — | — | — | — |
Total | 1945-1950 | 125 | 42 | 0.34 | — | — | — | — | — |
Regarded during his career as one of the classiest centremen ever to grace the game in West Australia, John Loughridge was a key factor in West Perth’s post World War II emergence as a league power. Frequently seen to best effect in big games, he won a Simpson Medal after the 1946 Grand Final despite being on the losing side, and was among the best players afield when the Cardinals broke through for a premiership in 1949 after failing three times in succession at the last hurdle.
Dynamic, resourceful and highly skilled, Loughridge was a popular winner of the 1946 Sandover Medal, after finishing runner-up the previous year. He was West Perth’s club champion on three occasions - no mean achievement considering that he was surrounded by players of the quality of Stan ‘Pops’ Heal, Ray Schofield, Fred Buttsworth and Ray Scott. John Loughridge represented Western Australia three times.
Author - John Devaney