Lawrence Gideon "Lardie" Tulloch (15 April 1871 – 13 September 1955) was an

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er who played for the

Collingwood Football Club The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The club w ...

in the early years of the

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(VFL). Tulloch was born in Melbourne, the son of Daniel Tulloch and Elizabeth Trethway. Tulloch was a member of the Collingwood side which played in the inaugural VFL season, in 1897. A versatile player who was used at all ends of the ground, Tulloch was appointed Collingwood captain in 1902 and led Collingwood to the premiership that season, putting his name into history as the club's first ever VFL premiership winning captain. Another premiership followed the subsequent season and he remained captain for 1904, which was his final league season. Following his retirement as a footballer, Tulloch served as a VFL umpire, officiating in 64 matches, including the

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. Tulloch remains the only person in VFL/AFL history to have captained a premiership team and umpired a Grand Final. In 1908 Tulloch was assaulted after a match which he had umpired between

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and

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. Later that season police struggled to protect Tulloch when he was mobbed by angry fans after a match between

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and St Kilda. Tulloch married Sarah Caroline Marshall (1872–1961) in

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on 24 September 1903. He died in Carlton, Victoria in 1955.

References

Sources

* Atkinson, G. (1982) ''Everything you ever wanted to know about Australian rules football but couldn't be bothered asking'', The Five Mile Press: Melbourne. .

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tulloch, Lardie 1871 births 1955 deaths Collingwood Football Club players Collingwood Football Club Premiership players Australian Football League umpires Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Two-time VFL/AFL Premiership players