Lew Gough

Lewis James Gough (1 September 1903 – 26 December 1934) was an Australian Rules footballer who played with Hawthorn and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Lew Gough
Personal information
Full name Lewis James Gough
Date of birth (1903-09-01)1 September 1903
Place of birth Yarck, Victoria
Date of death 26 December 1934(1934-12-26) (aged 31)
Place of death Boronia, Victoria
Original team(s) Box Hill (VFA)
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 87 kg (192 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1925, 1932 Hawthorn 12 (17)
1926–1929 Camberwell (VFA)
1930–1931 Melbourne 05 0(0)
1932–1933 Prahran (VFA)
Total 17 (17)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1932.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Cleared from Victorian Football Association (VFA) club Box Hill to Hawthorn in June 1925, Gough played the last eight games of the season. He then spent the next four years in the VFA with Camberwell before joining Melbourne in 1930. He played a solitary match in his first season with Melbourne and then played four more games in 1931 when regular full back Bill Tymms took leave to go on his honeymoon.[2]

He was injured in his first match back at Hawthorn in 1932 but made three more appearances before he was cleared to VFA club Prahran midway through the season.[3] He coached Prahran in 1933 but became ill later in the season[4] and died at the age of 31 late the next year.[5]

Notes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 313. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  2. "Lew Gough". Demonwiki.
  3. "Permits". Football Record. State Library of Victoria. 2 July 1932. p. 30.
  4. "BENEFIT FOOTBALL". The Argus. 12 September 1933. p. 5 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Family Notices". The Argus. 27 December 1934. p. 1 – via National Library of Australia.
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