Clyde Laidlaw

Australian rules footballer (1933–2024)

Australian rules footballer
Clyde Laidlaw
Personal information
Full name Clyde Robert Laidlaw
Date of birth (1933-11-27)27 November 1933
Date of death 1 July 2024(2024-07-01) (aged 90)
Original team(s) Portland (WDFL)
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1954–1962 Melbourne 124 (58)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2007.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Clyde Robert Laidlaw (27 November 1933 – 1 July 2024) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He died 1 July 2024, at the age of 90.[1]

Football

Laidlaw was a midfielder in his four winning Grand Finals in 1955, 1956, 1959 and 1960. Business commitments restricted him to just six games in 1957, with a thigh injury sidelining him from the finals series.[2]

Footnotes

  1. ^ "AFL in mourning after 'treasured' hero dies, aged 89". 7NEWS. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  2. ^ Piesse (1993), p.169.

References

Piesse, Ken (1993) The Complete Guide to Australian Football, Melbourne: Pan MacMillan Australia Pty Limited. ISBN 0330357123

  • Clyde Laidlaw's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  • Clyde Laidlaw, at Demonwiki.
  • Clyde Laidlaw at AustralianFootball.com
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Melbourne Football Club 1955 VFL premiers
Melbourne 8.16 (64) defeated Collingwood 5.6 (36), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
  • 1. Cordner
  • 2. McKenzie
  • 3. Marquis
  • 5. McLean
  • 6. Adams
  • 7. Case
  • 11. Mithen
  • 12. Spencer
  • 14. T. Johnson
  • 16. Laidlaw
  • 17. McGivern
  • 18. B. Johnson
  • 24. Ridley
  • 25. Williams
  • 26. Clarke
  • 28. Gleeson
  • 30. Beckwith
  • 31. Barassi
  • 35. McMahen (c)
  • 38. Melville
Coach: Smith
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Melbourne Football Club 1956 VFL premiers
Melbourne 17.19 (121) defeated Collingwood 6.12 (48), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
Coach: Smith
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Melbourne Football Club 1959/60 VFL premiers
1959: Melbourne 17.13 (115) defeated Essendon 11.12 (78), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1960: Melbourne 8.14 (62) defeated Collingwood 2.2 (14), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
Coach: Smith


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