Lewis James Gough (1 September 1903 – 26 December 1934) was an Australian Rules footballer who played with Hawthorn and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
| Lew Gough | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Lewis James Gough | ||
| Date of birth | 1 September 1903 | ||
| Place of birth | Yarck, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 26 December 1934 (aged 31) | ||
| Place of death | Boronia, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Box Hill City | ||
| Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1925, 1932 | Hawthorn | 12 (17) | |
| 1926–1929 | Camberwell (VFA) | 19 (28) | |
| 1930–1931 | Melbourne | 5 (0) | |
| 1932–1933 | Prahran (VFA) | 14 (12) | |
| Total | 50 (57) | ||
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1932. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Family
editThe son of Lewis William Gough (1864–1928)[2] and Margaret Gough (1866–1956), nee Clinton, Lewis James Gough was born at Yarck on 1 September 1903.
In 1928 Gough married Ailsa Elizabeth Shand Murray (1908–1980) and they had a daughter (Helen) and son (John) together.
Football
editCleared from a Box Hill junior team to Hawthorn in June 1925, Gough played the last eight games of the VFL season.
Gough then spent the next four years in the VFA with Camberwell before joining Melbourne in 1930. He played a solitary match in his first season with Melbourne and then played four more games in 1931 when regular full back Bill Tymms took leave to go on his honeymoon.[3]
He was injured in his first match back at Hawthorn in 1932 but made three more appearances before he was cleared to VFA club Prahran midway through the season.[4]
Gough coached Prahran in the VFA 1933 but became ill later in the season[5] and was unable to continue as coach.
Death
editGough did not recover from his illness and he died at the age of 31 late the next year.[6] He is buried at Box Hill Cemetery.[7]
External links
edit- Lew Gough's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Lew Gough's playing statistics from The VFA Project
Notes
edit- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 313. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
- ^ "Family Notices". The Argus. No. 25, 483. Victoria, Australia. 14 April 1928. p. 13.
- ^ "Lew Gough". Demonwiki.
- ^ "Permits". Football Record. State Library of Victoria. 2 July 1932. p. 30.
- ^ "BENEFIT FOOTBALL". The Argus. 12 September 1933. p. 5.
- ^ "Family Notices". The Argus. 27 December 1934. p. 1.
- ^ "Lewis James Gough". Find a Grave.
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