Brodie Ainslie

Brodie Ainslie (10 August 1891 – 17 December 1944) was an Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Brodie Ainslie
Personal information
Full name Brodie Ainslie
Date of birth (1891-08-10)10 August 1891
Place of birth Armadale, Victoria
Date of death 17 December 1944(1944-12-17) (aged 53)
Place of death Glen Iris, Victoria
Original team(s) Armadale
Height 179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1911 St Kilda 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1911.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ainslie played one match for St Kilda in 1911 and scored no goals.[1]

He served in both the Australian Imperial Force (7th Battalion) during World War I[2] and the Second Australian Imperial Force during World War II.[3]

He died suddenly in 1944, six months after being discharged.[4]

References
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2011). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (9th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 15. ISBN 978-1-921496-12-7.
  2. https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=1645
  3. Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than football : league players at war. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 236. ISBN 978-0-992379-14-8.
  4. "Family Notices". The Age (27, 975). Melbourne, Victoria. 18 December 1944. p. 7.
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