Laurie Slack

Laurie Slack
Personal information
Full name	Laurence Gordon Slack
Date of birth	17 March 1915
Place of birth	Bacchus Marsh, Victoria
Date of death	5 February 1991(1991-02-05) (aged 75)
Original team(s)	East Geelong
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Position(s)	Wing
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1935–1940	Geelong	77 (11)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1940.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Laurence Gordon Slack (17 March 1915 – 5 February 1991)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Slack was a wingman, from East Geelong, who spent six seasons in the VFL.^[2] He was a member of Geelong's 1937 premiership team and had 15 kicks and seven marks in the grand final.^[3] Earlier in the season Slack missed four games through suspension for attempted striking, ending a four-year run where no Geelong player had fronted the tribunal.^[4] He remained a regular member of the side until 1940, when he was picked just once.^[5]

References

1. Slack, Lawrence. "Genealogy". ancestry.com. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
3. "1937 VFL Grand Final: Geelong vs. Collingwood". Australian Football.
4. Launceston Examiner,"Gossip Of Clubs And Players", 30 July 1937, p. 10
5. "AFL Tables: Laurie Slack". afltables.com.

External links

• Laurie Slack's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Laurie Slack at AustralianFootball.com