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Artie McSpeerin

Artie

McSpeerin

174 cm1899

Cap No.76
Career Games2
Debut1899
Season1
Carlton1899 · 2 games
Other
Teams
Melbourne1903
Games2
Goals2
Career

Every Game

Win 2
Career

Team History

Carlton

Carlton

1899

2Games
2Goals
Melbourne

Melbourne

1903

1Games
0Goals
The Story

Biography

Boasting one of the more impressive names in Carlton's history, McSpeerin would kick 2 goals in 2 games for Carlton after debuting in 1899. He was born in Carlton and recruited from Phoenix.

McSpeerin later played a single game for Melbourne in 1903.

After this McSpeerin captained the Collingwood cricket club. McSpeerin then moved to New Zealand and enlisted to serve in WWI, however hostilities finished before he could serve. Arthur Leo McSpeerin died on May 1, 1935 in a motor accident in Wellington at the age of 54. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19350501.2.4

Image: Captain of Collingwood Cricket Club. From: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/221822863

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