Lindsay Beck
| Lindsay Beck | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Lindsay George Beck | ||
| Born |
4 April 1900 Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| Died |
5 February 1982 (aged 81) Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| Original team | South Broken Hill | ||
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||
| Position | Rover | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1921–1922 | Port Adelaide | 29 (26) | |
| 1924 | Glenelg | 9 (6) | |
| 1926 | Hawthorn | 2 (0) | |
| Total | 40 (32) | ||
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1926. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Lindsay George Beck (4 April 1900 – 5 February 1982) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Port Adelaide and Glenelg in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Early life
The eighth of nine children born to Oliver George Beck (1865–1938)[2] and Elizabeth Beck, nee Ward (1866–1936),[3] Lindsay George Beck was born in Broken Hill on 4 April 1900.
Football
After commencing his career with South Broken Hill Football Club, Beck moved to Adelaide and (along with his brother Gordon)[4] played with Port Adelaide in 1921–1922, including being part of Port's 1921 premiership team. Beck then returned to Broken Hill for the 1923 season and before playing for Glenelg in 1924.[5] He again returned to South Broken Hill for the 1925 season.
Beck and his South Broken Hill team-mate Tom Everuss both joined Hawthorn at the start of the 1926 VFL season.[6] He made his debut against North Melbourne in Round 2[7] and played the next game and was then dropped. Beck then returned to South Broken Hill.
Later life
In 1928 Lindsay George Beck married Elizabeth Jane Cashman (1904-1993)[8] and they lived in South Broken Hill until his death in 1982.
Honours and achievements
Team
Notes
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ "MR. O. G. BECK DIES IN MELBOURNE". Barrier Miner. Vol. LI, no. 15, 303. New South Wales, Australia. 24 September 1938. p. 3.
- ^ "NEWS FROM BROKEN HILL". The Recorder. No. 11, 544. South Australia. 4 April 1936. p. 3.
- ^ "A Good Pair Beck Brothers". Daily Herald. Vol. XII, no. 3551. South Australia. 5 August 1921. p. 7.
- ^ "INTERSTATE ROVER". News (HOME ed.). Adelaide. 8 May 1924. p. 10.
- ^ "MORE PERMIT APPLICATIONS". The Argus. Melbourne. 6 May 1926. p. 18 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "POOR GAME AT NORTH MELBOURNE". The Argus. Melbourne. 10 May 1926. p. 18.
- ^ "Advertising". Barrier Miner. Vol. XLI, no. 12, 347. New South Wales, Australia. 12 December 1928. p. 2.
External links
- Lindsay Beck's playing statistics from AFL Tables