Charlie Laxton

Charlie Laxton
Personal information
Date of birth	9 April 1890
Date of death	11 January 1964(1964-01-11) (aged 73)
Original team(s)	Collingwood Districts
Height / weight	170 cm / 73 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1912–1921	Collingwood	147 (89)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1921.

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

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.

References

↑ "Charlie Laxton". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 7 September 2014.

Charlie Laxton's statistics from AFL Tables
Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

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

3/2. Curtis 8/5. Drummond 10/6. Hughes 13. Lee 14/11. Laxton 18/14. McCarthy (c 1919) 19/15. Pannam 20/16. Reynolds 23/18. Saunders 26/10. Lumsden 27/12. Mutch

Coach: McHale

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