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George Margitich - Wikipedia

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George Margitich

Personal information
Full name	George Francis Margitich
Date of birth	18 November 1908
Place of birth	Adelaide, South Australia
Date of death	17 January 1958(1958-01-17) (aged 49)
Place of death	Adelaide, South Australia
Original team(s)	South Adelaide (SANFL), Rostrevor College
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	81 kg (179 lb)
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1930–1934	Melbourne	75 (267)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1934.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

George Francis Margitich (18 November 1908 – 17 January 1958) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1930s.^[1]

Football

Margitich attended Rostrevor College and was a member of the 1st XVIII from the age of thirteen. In his final year at Rostrevor, Margitich captained the First XI cricket team. In 1927, he kicked 151 goals in eleven games, averaging almost 14 goals per game. In his five years representing Rostrevor's First XVIII football side he kicked over 400 goals.^[2]

Following Rostrevor, Margitich played for South Australian National Football League (SANFL) club South Adelaide He kicked 74 goals and was selected to tour Western Australia with the state team. Margitich was transferred by his employer (Vacuum Oil) to Victoria. Margitich then debuted for Melbourne in 1930 and kicked 73 goals, a then club record for most goals in a season. He topped their goalkicking again in 1931 and 1932 and managed 10 goals in a game three times in his career. The most he kicked was 12 against North Melbourne in 1931.

In 1935 he left Victoria to coach Swan Districts in Western Australia. While business commitments kept him away from football he had enough free time to be wicketkeeper for district cricket.

Death

Margitich died suddenly at home on 17 January 1958. He was 49 years old.

Footnotes

^ Boulton, Martin (28 January 2008). "Sporting Life". The Age. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
^ https://assets.cdn.thewebconsole.com/S3WEB4578/images/Reminiscences-of-a-Foundation-Scholar-1923---Felix-Kenny.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

References

Where is He Now?, The (Adelaide) Advertiser, (Friday, 19 September 1952), p.6.

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