Charlie Laxton

Australian rules footballer

Charlie Laxton
Laxton in 1914
Personal information
Full name	Charles Frederick Laxton
Date of birth	9 April 1890
Place of birth	Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death	11 January 1964(1964-01-11) (aged 73)
Place of death	South Yarra, Victoria
Original team(s)	Collingwood Districts
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1912–1921	Collingwood	147 (89)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1921.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Charles Frederick Laxton (9 April 1890 – 11 January 1964)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the VFL.

Family

He was the younger brother of Harry Laxton and the son-in-law of Jack Roberts.^[2]

Football

Laxton was a member of Collingwood premiership teams in 1917 and 1919. He also played in three losing Grand Finals. A rover who liked the stab pass, Laxton was a Victorian interstate representative in 1919 and 1920.

Death

He died on 11 January 1964.^[3]

Footnotes

^ "Charlie Laxton". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
^ Football: Victoria vs. N.S.W., The (Melbourne) Herald, (Saturday, 6 August 1921), p.3.
^ Deaths: Laxton, The Age, (Monday, 13 January 1964), p.11.

References

Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

External links

Charlie Laxton's playing statistics from AFL Tables

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Collingwood Football Club 1917/19 VFL premiers

1917: Collingwood 9.20 (74) defeated Fitzroy 5.9 (39), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1919: Collingwood 11.12 (78) defeated Richmond 7.11 (53), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground