Lindsay Beck

Lindsay George Beck (4 April 1900 – 5 February 1982) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Port Adelaide and Glenelg in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Lindsay Beck
Personal information
Full name Lindsay George Beck
Date of birth (1900-04-04)4 April 1900
Place of birth Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date of death 5 February 1982(1982-02-05) (aged 81)
Place of death Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Original team(s) South Broken Hill
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Position(s) Rover
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1921–1922 Port Adelaide 29 (26)
1924 Glenelg
1926 Hawthorn 02 0(0)
Total 31 (26)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1926.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Football

After commencing his career with South Broken Hill Football Club, Beck moved to Adelaide and played with Port Adelaide in 1921–1922, returned to Broken Hill for the 1923 season and then played for Glenelg in 1924.[2] He again returned to South Broken Hill for the 1925 season.

Beck and his South Broken Hill team-mate Tom Everuss both joined Hawthorn at the start of the 1926 VFL season.[3] He made his debut against North Melbourne in Round 2[4] and played the next game and was then dropped. Beck then returned to South Broken Hill.

Honours and achievements

Team

Notes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "INTERSTATE ROVER". News (HOME ed.). Adelaide. 8 May 1924. p. 10 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "MORE PERMIT APPLICATIONS". The Argus. Melbourne. 6 May 1926. p. 18 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "POOR GAME AT NORTH MELBOURNE". The Argus. Melbourne. 10 May 1926. p. 18 – via National Library of Australia.
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