Australian rules footballer
Australian rules footballer
| Max Orr |
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| Full name |
Maxwell Charles Orr |
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| Date of birth |
9 January 1931 |
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| Place of birth |
Ballarat, Victoria |
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| Date of death |
12 September 1955(1955-09-12) (aged 24) |
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| Place of death |
near Melton |
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| Original team(s) |
East Ballarat |
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| Height |
178 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
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| Weight |
73 kg (161 lb) |
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| Years |
Club |
Games (Goals) |
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| 1952–1953 |
Melbourne |
7 (4) |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1953. |
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Maxwell Charles Orr (9 January 1931 – 12 September 1955) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Family
The son of Charles Walter Orr (1872-1953), and Marjorie Elizabeth Bartlett Orr (1900-1998), née Beames, Maxwell Charles Orr was born at Ballarat on 9 January 1931.
He married Helen Ivy Mills in 1950.[2]
Orr, a half forward, played junior football for East Ballarat, before arriving in Melbourne.[3][4][5]
He made five appearances for Melbourne in the 1952 VFL season but played only two games the following year.[6]
In 1954 he returned to the country and began playing for the Ballarat Football Club.
Cricket
While in the city he was also a wicket-keeper for the MCC.
Death
On 12 September 1955, Orr died in a car accident on the Western Highway, near Melton, on his way to his home in Creswick.
The panel van he was driving collided with a semi trailer. His father was injured; but Orr, who was due to play for Ballarat in a semi final later that week, was killed instantly.[7][8][9]
Notes
- ^ Holmesby & Main (2007).
- ^ She later remarried; marrying Daniel Thomas Ellis in 1956.
- ^ Country Player Loses Appeal, The Age, (Tuesday, 9 May 1950), p.14.
- ^ Demons will get Orr, The Argus, (Wednesday, 23 April 1952), p.22.
- ^ Two Recruits in Demons' Team, The Age, (Friday, 2 May 1952), p.13.
- ^ Max Orr -- Games Played, afltables.com
- ^ The Age,"Son Killed, Father Hurt, Near Melton", 13 September 1955, p.1.
- ^ Star's Death Blow to Ballarat, The Argus, (Friday, 16 September 1955), p.16.
- ^ Ballarat Draws with Sandhurst, The Argus, (Monday, 10 October 1955), p.15.
References
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
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