Max Orr
Personal information
Full name Maxwell Charles Orr
Date of birth 9 January 1931
Place of birth Ballarat, Victoria
Date of death 12 September 1955(1955-09-12) (aged 24)
Place of death near Melton
Original team(s) East Ballarat
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1952–1953 Melbourne 7 (4)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1953.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Maxwell Charles Orr (9 January 1931 – 12 September 1955) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

The son of Charles Walter Orr (1872-1953), and Marjorie Elizabeth Bartlett Orr (1900-1998), née Beames, Maxwell Charles Orr was born at Ballarat on 9 January 1931.

He married Helen Ivy Mills in 1950.[2]

Football

Orr, a half forward, played junior football for East Ballarat, before arriving in Melbourne.[3][4][5]

He made five appearances for Melbourne in the 1952 VFL season but played only two games the following year.[6]

In 1954 he returned to the country and began playing for the Ballarat Football Club.

Cricket

While in the city he was also a wicket-keeper for the MCC.

Death

On 12 September 1955, Orr died in a car accident on the Western Highway, near Melton, on his way to his home in Creswick.

The panel van he was driving collided with a semi trailer. His father was injured; but Orr, who was due to play for Ballarat in a semi final later that week, was killed instantly.[7][8][9]

Notes

  1. ↑ Holmesby & Main (2007).
  2. ↑ She later remarried; marrying Daniel Thomas Ellis in 1956.
  3. ↑ Country Player Loses Appeal, The Age, (Tuedsay, 9 May 1950), p.14.
  4. ↑ Demons will get Orr, The Argus, (Wednesday, 23 April 1952), p.22.
  5. ↑ Two Recruits in Demons' Team, The Age, (Friday, 2 May 1952), p.13.
  6. ↑ Max Orr -- Games Played, afltables.com
  7. ↑ The Age,"Son Killed, Father Hurt, Near Melton", 13 September 1955, p.1.
  8. ↑ Star's Death Blow to Ballarat, The Argus, (Friday, 16 September 1955), p.16.
  9. ↑ Ballarat Draws with Sandhurst, The Argus, (Monday, 10 October 1955), p.15.

References

  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.