Laurie Kerr

Laurie Kerr
Personal information
Full name Lawrence Kitchin Kerr
Born 25 June 1928
Died 28 December 2001(2001-12-28) (aged 73)
Richmond, Victoria
Original team Auburn
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1950–1959 Carlton 149 (48)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1959.
Career highlights
  • VFL interstate football representative
  • 1999 - Carlton Hall of Famer[1]
  • 1948 - Bairnsdale, Bendigo[2] & Heidelburg Gifts[3]
  • 1949 - Keilor Gift[4]
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Lawrence Kitchin Kerr (25 June 1928 – 28 December 2001)[5] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the VFL during the 1950s.[6] He was named as an emergency in Carlton's official 'Team of the Century'.[7]

Kerr was educated at St Kevin's College in Toorak.

Kerr had exceptional pace and played in either as a winger, centreman or half-forward flanker.

Prior to his recruitment by the Blues he was a Victorian schoolboy sprint champion and also won a number of gift sprint races in the late 1940's and early 1950's. Kerr was favourite to win the 1948 Stawell Gift after he won his heat[8] but was unable to make the final.[9]

Kerr won both the 1948 Bendigo 100 yard handicap[10] and the 130 yard Bendigo Gift.[11]

Kerr was runner up to Olympic gold medallist, H N "Barney" Ewell in the 1950 Wangaratta Gift, over 130 yards.[12][13]

His son Peter Kerr played 39 games for Carlton.

His grandson, Pat Kerr, played four senior games for Carlton in the 2010s.

References

  1. ^ "1999 - Calrton FC - Hall of Fame". Carlton FC. 1999. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  2. ^ "1948 - 19-Yr-Old Journalist Wins Gift At Bendigo". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 1 April 1948. p. 12. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  3. ^ "1950 - Kerr's Four Gifts In Two Years". Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954). 15 February 1948. p. 16. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  4. ^ "1950 - Kerr wins the Keilor Gift inside even time". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 13 February 1950. p. 16. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  5. ^ "Laurie Kerr - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  6. ^ "1950 - Switches by North Kerr chosen by Carlton". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956). 14 July 1950. p. 32. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  7. ^ "Laurie Kerr". Blueseum - Online Carlton Football Club Museum. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  8. ^ "1948 - FAVOURITES FOR STAWELL GIFT". Sunday Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1926 - 1954). 28 March 1948. p. 9. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  9. ^ "1948 - BRUDENALL WINS STAWELL GIFT". Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954). 30 March 1948. p. 4. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  10. ^ "1948 - Kerr wins big Bendigo sprint". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956). 31 March 1948. p. 16. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
  11. ^ "1948 - 19-Yr-Old Journalist Wins Gift At Bendigo". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 1 April 1948. p. 12. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
  12. ^ "1950 - "GIFT GATE £1607"". Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW : 1934 - 1935; 1938 - 1954). 31 January 1950. p. 1. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  13. ^ "1950 - EWELL'S FAST GIFT SPRINT". Daily Mirror (Sydney, NSW : 1941 - 1955). 31 January 1950. p. 30. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
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