David Crutchfield
Australian rules footballer
Australian rules footballer
| David Crutchfield | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | David Crutchfield | ||
| Date of birth | (1965-08-02)2 August 1965 | ||
| Date of death | 29 November 2002(2002-11-29) (aged 37) | ||
| Original team(s) | South Warrnambool[1] | ||
| Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1985 | Fitzroy | 4 (0) | |
| 1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1985. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
David Crutchfield (2 August 1965 – 29 November 2002) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL)
Career
Recruited from South Warrnambool, Crutchfield played in the final four rounds of the 1985 VFL season. His most productive game was against Geelong, when he had 17 disposals.[2] He didn't make any further appearances and ended up in Queensland playing for Southport. In 1992 he was involved in a three-way tie for the Grogan Medal.[3]
Crutchfield was later a successful player coach in South Australia's Riverland Football League. He steered Loxton North to four premierships in a row, from 1997 to 2000.
Personal life
Crutchfield suffered from depression and committed suicide in 2002 at the age of 37.[4]
His elder brother, Michael Crutchfield, is the member for South Barwon in the Victorian Legislative Assembly.[4]
References
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
- ^ "David Crutchfield". AFL Tables.
- ^ "David Crutchfield". Full Points Footy.
- ^ a b "Election day brings bittersweet memories for MP". News Limited. 12 November 2006. Retrieved 17 August 2016.Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- David Crutchfield's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- David Crutchfield at AustralianFootball.com
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Grogan Medal winners
- 1927: Brown
- 1928: Chand
- 1929: unknown
- 1930: Green
- 1934: Davies
- 1935: Davies
- 1937: Stream
- 1938: Davies
- 1939: Vidgen
- 1940: Pittard
- 1941: Nielson
- 1945: Anders
- 1946: Pittard
- 1947: Pittard/Willets
- 1948: Calder
- 1949: Parton
- 1950: Calder/Stevens
- 1951: Shorten
- 1952: Howell
- 1953: McGuinness
- 1954: McGuinness
- 1955: Maguire
- 1956: Pelly
- 1957: Farnsworth
- 1958: Stewart
- 1959: Golding
- 1960: Conlan/Dihm
- 1961: Leach
- 1962: Leach
- 1963: Gould
- 1964: Grimley
- 1965: Gould
- 1966: Wah Hing
- 1967: Hull
- 1968: Appleyard
- 1969: Garcia/Johnston/Weller
- 1970: K. Mills
- 1971: Backwell
- 1972: Clarke
- 1973: Smith
- 1974: Ebert
- 1975: Backwell
- 1976: Clarke
- 1977: P. Taylor
- 1978: Ives
- 1979: Smith
- 1980: Karklis
- 1981: Hollick
- 1982: Blair
- 1983: Guy/Pierce
- 1984: McMullen
- 1985: Z. Taylor
- 1986: McMullen/Packham
- 1987: Simmonds
- 1988: Brittain
- 1989: Bourke
- 1990: Cotter
- 1991: Buchanan
- 1992: Chapman/Crutchfield/O'Sullivan
- 1993: Bourke/Cotter/Warren
- 1994: Howe
- 1995: Bain
- 1996: Lambert
- 1997: Brennan
- 1998: Edwards
- 1999: Bain/Jones
- 2000: Dickfos
- 2001: O'Brien
- 2002: Round
- 2003: Gough
- 2004: Stinear
- 2005: Round
- 2006: Payne
- 2007: Featherstone
- 2008: Kinch
- 2009: Gilliland
- 2010: Wise
- 2011: Ilett/Payne
- 2012: Davey/Pope/Salter
- 2013: Kiel
- 2014: Davey
- 2015: Carseldine
- 2016: Derrick
- 2017: Burge/W. Mills
- 2018: Erickson
- 2019: Neate
- 2020: Payne
- 2021: Moncrieff
- 2022: Banks-Smith
- 2023: Boakye
The Grogan Medal has been awarded most years since 1927, and every year since 1945, to the best and fairest player in the Queensland Australian Football League and, historically, other high-level Queensland football competitions. It was known as the De Little Medal until 1946.
