Claude Curtin
Australian rules footballer
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Claude Frederick Curtin (4 July 1920 – 13 December 1994)[2][3] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the VFL.
Fullname
Claude Frederick Curtin[1]
Born
4 July 1920
Brunswick, Victoria
Brunswick, Victoria
Died
13 December 1994 (aged 74)
Original team
Fitzroy CYMS (CYMSFA)
| Claude Curtin | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Claude Frederick Curtin[1] | ||
| Born |
4 July 1920 Brunswick, Victoria | ||
| Died | 13 December 1994 (aged 74) | ||
| Original team | Fitzroy CYMS (CYMSFA) | ||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1939–1947 | Fitzroy | 91 (268) | |
| 1948 | North Melbourne | 4 (7) | |
| 1949 | Fitzroy | 2 (1) | |
| Total | 97 (276) | ||
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1949. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
A full-forward, Curtin was recruited from Fitzroy Catholic Young Men's Society (CYMS) Football Club and made his senior VFL debut in 1939. He kicked over fifty goals in a season on four separate occasions, from 1940 to 1942 and in 1946, topping Fitzroy's goalkicking each time. He would have been a member of the club's 1944 premiership side had he not be away on war service.
Family
Curtin's uncle was former Australian Prime Minister John Curtin,[4] while his grandson is former Fitzroy, Brisbane Lions and Hawthorn player John Barker.