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 | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | John Ballantyne Lawson | ||
| Date of birth | 2 May 1883 | ||
| Place of birth | North Melbourne, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 2 December 1958 (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 | 7 (2) | |
| 1905–1907 | St Kilda | 30 (1) | |
| 1908–1909 | Richmond | 32 (3) | |
| Total | 69 (6) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1909. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| 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
edit- ^ "Ivor Lawson". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- ^ 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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