Cliff MacRae

Cliff MacRae (30 November 1913 – 4 April 2000)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Cliff MacRae
MacRae in 1939
Personal information
Full name Cliff MacRae
Date of birth 30 November 1913
Date of death 4 April 2000(2000-04-04) (aged 86)
Original team(s) Werribee
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1935–1939 Footscray 58 (62)
1939 Collingwood 03 0(7)
Total 61 (69)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1939.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

MacRae, a half forward, was recruited to Footscray from the Werribee Football Club.[2] He kicked five goals for Footscray in their 1938 semi final defeat to Collingwood, a club he crossed over to during the 1939 VFL season, after being dropped from the Footscray team.[3] On his debut for Collingwood, against South Melbourne, he kicked another five goals haul.[4] Two games later he was playing in the 1939 VFL Grand Final, as a half forward flanker. Collingwood lost by 53 points and he would never appear for the club again.[4]

References
  1. "Cliff Macrae". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  3. The Argus,"Movement Of Players - MacRae Cleared", 3 July 1939, p. 14
  4. AFL Tables: Cliff McCrae


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