John Ballantyne "Ivor" Lawson (2 May 1883 – 2 December 1958)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the VFL in 1904, for the St Kilda Football Club from 1905 to 1907 and then for the Richmond Football Club between 1908 and 1909.[2]

Ivor Lawson
Personal information
Full name John Ballantyne Lawson
Date of birth (1883-05-02)2 May 1883
Place of birth North Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death 2 December 1958(1958-12-02) (aged 75)
Place of death North Melbourne, Victoria
Original team(s) Williamstown (VFA)
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1904 Collingwood 07 (2)
1905–1907 St Kilda 30 (1)
1908–1909 Richmond 32 (3)
Total 69 (6)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1909.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Lawson captained Richmond on three occasions as the then Captain/Coach Dick Condon resigned the captaincy late in the season after pressure from the club's board to do so.

References

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  1. ^ "Ivor Lawson". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  2. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 477. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  • Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996
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