Lindsay McNamara (13 August 1918 – 7 October 1991) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
| Lindsay McNamara | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Lindsay Macknamara | ||
| Date of birth | 13 August 1918 | ||
| Place of birth | Melbourne, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 7 October 1991 (aged 73) | ||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1937–38 | Northcote (VFA) | 26 (25) | |
| 1939–40 | South Melbourne | 4 (4) | |
| 1940–41 | Fitzroy | 4 (1) | |
| 1941 | Northcote (VFA) | 11 (9) | |
| 1943 | Sturt-South | 2 (0) | |
| 1946 | Northcote (VFA) | 4 (1) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1943. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Family
editThe only child of Samuel Macknamara (1865–1945)[2] and Emma May Macknamara (1884–1969), née Bull, Lindsay Macknamara was born in Melbourne, Victoria on 13 August 1918.[3]
Lindsay Macknamara married Joyce Florence Fleet on 29 April 1939 (in the evening following his second appearance for South Melbourne).[4]
note: while practically all official government records use the surname Macknamara, most football records have the surname McNamara.
Football
editNorthcote (VFA)
editOriginally from Abbotsford[5] Lindsay McNamara commenced his senior football career aged 18, playing for Northcote in the Victorian Football Association. He played in the centre and as a forward, averaging close to a goal a game in his first two seasons of senior football.
South Melbourne (VFL)
editThe strong form he had shown in his first two seasons led to a bidding war for his services at the start of the 1939 season[6] and he ultimately ended up signing with South Melbourne.[7] He made a promising start, playing in each of the first three rounds, but injured his knee in his third game[8] and he did not appear again during the 1939 season.[9] Macknamara returned in the 1940 VFL season, scoring three goals in South's opening round loss to Collingwood,[10] but he was dropped for the next round.[11]
Fitzroy (VFL)
editFitzroy then secured Macknamara's services, and in Round 4 of the 1940 VFL season he played for them against Essendon.[12] Mackanamara struggled to secure a regular position in Fitzroy's team and made a total of four appearances in the season and half he was with the club.
Return to Northcote (VFA)
editIn June 1941, Macknamara was granted a permit to return to Northcote in the VFA[13] and he played the last 11 games of the season for them.
Sturt–South (SANFL)
editIn 1943, while serving in the Royal Australian Air Force, Macknamara played two games for the combined Sturt-South team that competed in the 1943 SANFL war-merger competition.
Northcote (VFA)
editFollowing his discharge from active service in World War II, Macknamara again played for Northcote during the 1946 VFA season.
Military service
editAged 23, Macknamara enlisted to serve in the RAAF in early 1942, and he served until the end of the war, including time in Morotai, Darwin and Balikpapan.[14]
External links
edit- Lindsay McNamara's playing statistics from The VFA Project
- Lindsay McNamara's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Lindsay McNamara at AustralianFootball.com
References
edit- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 572. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ "Family Notices". The Argus. No. 30, 727. Victoria, Australia. 20 February 1945. p. 2.
- ^ "Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria". Government of Victoria.
- ^ "Forward's Notebook". The Age. No. 26, 220. Victoria, Australia. 2 May 1939. p. 7.
- ^ "Association Permits". The Age. No. 25, 595. Victoria, Australia. 29 April 1937. p. 10.
- ^ "Football Camp News". The Age. No. 26, 188. Victoria, Australia. 24 March 1939. p. 4.
- ^ "New Boundaries for Football – League to Consider". The Argus. No. 28, 912. Victoria, Australia. 22 April 1939. p. 16.
- ^ "South Had Few Good Players". Record. Vol. XLIV, no. 19. Victoria, Australia. 13 May 1939. p. 4.
- ^ "Career of L. McNamara May Be Affected". Record. Vol. XLIV, no. 24. Victoria, Australia. 17 June 1939. p. 4.
- ^ "Magpie's Brilliant Third Term". The Age. No. 26, 531. Victoria, Australia. 29 April 1940. p. 4.
- ^ "Football". Record. Vol. XLV, no. 18. Victoria, Australia. 4 May 1940. p. 3.
- ^ "Macknamara at Centre With Fitzroy". Record. Vol. XLV, no. 20. Victoria, Australia. 18 May 1940. p. 1.
- ^ "Mascots at Football". The Age. No. 26880. Victoria, Australia. 12 June 1941. p. 4.
- ^ "WWII Nominal Roll: Lindsay Macknamara". Department of Veterans Affairs.