Loy Stewart

Loy Stewart
Personal information
Full name David Loy Stewart
Date of birth 19 May 1927
Place of birth Parkville, Victoria
Date of death 19 August 2010(2010-08-19) (aged 83)
Original team(s) Albury
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1951–1952 Geelong 22 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1952.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

David Loy Stewart (19 May 1927 – 19 August 2010)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1950s.

Stewart enlisted in the Australian Army shortly after his eighteenth birthday and served until 1947.[2]

Stewart came to Geelong from Albury and in his brief career was used mostly in the ruck and defence. He was a back pocket in Geelong's 11 point Grand Final win over Essendon in 1951.

References

  1. ^ "Loy Stewart - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  2. ^ "World War II Roll: David Loy Stewart". Department of Veterans Affairs.
  • Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.


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