Bruce Carruthers (footballer)

Bruce Carruthers
Personal information
Full name Bruce Carruthers
Date of birth (1903-01-18)18 January 1903
Place of birth Bendigo, Victoria
Date of death 8 March 1988(1988-03-08) (aged 85)
Place of death Bendigo, Victoria
Original team(s) South Bendigo, Rochester
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1927–28 Essendon 12 (6)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1928.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Bruce Carruthers (18 January 1903 – 8 March 1988) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

In 1923, Carruthers was involved in a long drawn out clearance dispute. Carruthers, a South Bendigo player applied for a clearance to Rochester, where he was working, but subsequently withdrew it and South Bendigo played Carruthers and a protest was lodged by Rochester.[2] Rochester lost the appeal and Carruthers was allowed to play with South Bendigo.[3]

Ironically, Carruthers ended up playing with Rochester in 1924[4] and was their captain-coach in 1925,[5] before returning to Bendigo with work midway through 1925 and played in South Bendigo's 1925 premiership.[6]

In 1926, Carruthers applied for a permit to play with Essendon, after training with them for three weeks,[7] but was refused after he admitted that he had received payment from Richmond a few seasons ago.[8] Carruthers returned to play with South Bendigo in 1926.[9]

Carruthers made his VFL debut for Essendon in 1927 against Footscray in round one and kicked four goals.[10]

In 1930, Carruthers was appointed as captain-coach of Launceston Football Club and coached them from 1930 to 1932. [11]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 136. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "1923 - Football Sensation at Bendigo". Weekly Times. September 1923. p. 78. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  3. ^ "1923 - Rochester's Appeal". Sporting Globe. 25 August 1923. p. 6. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  4. ^ "1924 - Bendigo Notes". Sporting Globe. 12 April 1924. p. 5. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  5. ^ "1925 - Rochester Football Captain". The Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic). 8 July 1925. p. 2. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  6. ^ "1925 - Bendigo FL Premiers: South Bendigo". Boyles Football Photos. Charles Boyles. 1925. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  7. ^ "1926 - Essendon". Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic). 17 April 1926. p. 2. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  8. ^ "1926 - Football". The Age. 8 July 1926. p. 6. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  9. ^ "1926 - Bendigo League". Weekly Times. 29 May 1926. p. 81. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  10. ^ "1927 - The Opening Results". Table Talk. 5 May 1927. p. 46. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  11. ^ "1930 - Launceston coach: Carruthers Arrives". Examiner (Launceston, Tas). 6 March 1930. p. 2. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
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