George Bolt (footballer)

George James Bolt (1 August 1899 – 2 September 1966) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton, Hawthorn and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

George Bolt
Bailey in 1922
Personal information
Full name George James Bolt
Date of birth (1899-08-01)1 August 1899
Place of birth Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia
Date of death 2 September 1966(1966-09-02) (aged 67)
Place of death Ripponlea, Victoria, Australia
Original team(s) Brunswick (VFA)
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Position(s) Rover / forward
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1922–1923 Carlton 18 (1)
1925 Hawthorn 08 (0)
1926–1927 North Melbourne 16 (0)
Total 42 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1927.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of Francis Bolt (1865–1950),[2] and Catherine Ann Bolt (1868–1954),[3] née Waite, George James Bolt was born at Rutherglen on 1 August 1899.

Bolt married Violet Maria McLaine (1900–1928) in 1921, and they had two children together before her death in 1928.[4] He subsequently married Violet's older sister, Jessie Marjorie McLaine (1895–1960) in 1936.

Football

Carlton

Bolt joined Carlton from Brunswick in the Victorian Football Association in 1922, although he did not play a senior game for Brunswick.

Carlton had a poor season in 1923 and dissension among the playing group broke into the open after Round 13 when Carlton suffered a heavy defeat to Essendon.

At an after-match function at the Essendon Football Club, Bolt and his team-mate Jack Morrissey became embroiled in a heated argument that culminated in a fist fight between the two. The next day, Sunday, the club committee met and suspended both players for an indefinite period, bringing an end to Bolt's Carlton career.[5]

Hawthorn

An application to transfer to Richmond in 1924 was refused, and he played with Auburn Football Club in the Reporter League and the Railways club in the Wednesday league until mid 1925 when he was cleared to Hawthorn,[6] where he played the last eight matches in their VFL debut season.

North Melbourne

Bolt subsequently moved to North Melbourne, and took his career games tally to 42 with another 16 matches in 1926–27.

Death

George Bolt died on 2 September 1966, aged 67, and is buried at Fawkner Memorial Park.

Notes
  1. Holmesby & Main (2009), p.74.
  2. Deaths: Bolt, The Argus, (Monday, 14 August 1950), p.17.
  3. Deaths: Bolt, The Argus, (Monday, 22 February 1954), p.11.
  4. Bolt (nee McLaine), The Age, (Saturday, 20 June 1931), p.5.
  5. "FOOTBALL SENSATION". The Argus. Melbourne. 7 August 1923. p. 9 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "G. J. Bolt Cleared to Hawthorn". The Age. Melbourne. 9 July 1925. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.

References
  • Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2009), The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.), Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4
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