Laurie Kerr

Laurie Kerr
Personal information
Full name Lawrence Kitchin Kerr
Born 25 June 1928
Died 28 December 2001(2001-12-28) (aged 73)
Richmond, Victoria
Original team Auburn
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1950–1959 Carlton 149 (48)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1959.
Career highlights
  • VFL interstate football representative
  • 1999 - Carlton Hall of Famer
  • 1948 - Bairnsdale, Bendigo & Heidelburg Gifts
  • 1949 - Keilor Gift
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Lawrence Kitchin Kerr (25 June 1928 – 28 December 2001) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the VFL during the 1950s. He was named as an emergency in Carlton's official 'Team of the Century'.

Kerr was educated at St Kevin's College in Toorak.

Kerr had exceptional pace and played in either as a winger, centreman or half-forward flanker.

Prior to his recruitment by the Blues he was a Victorian schoolboy sprint champion and also won a number of gift sprint races in the late 1940's and early 1950's. Kerr was favourite to win the 1948 Stawell Gift after he won his heat but was unable to make the final.

Kerr won both the 1948 Bendigo 100 yard handicap and the 130 yard Bendigo Gift.

Kerr was runner up to Olympic gold medallist, H N "Barney" Ewell in the 1950 Wangaratta Gift, over 130 yards.

His son Peter Kerr played 39 games for Carlton.

His grandson, Pat Kerr, played four senior games for Carlton in the 2010s.

References

  1. ↑ "1999 - Calrton FC - Hall of Fame". Carlton FC. 1999. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  2. ↑ "1948 - 19-Yr-Old Journalist Wins Gift At Bendigo". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 1 April 1948. p. 12. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  3. ↑ "1950 - Kerr's Four Gifts In Two Years". Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954). 15 February 1948. p. 16. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  4. ↑ "1950 - Kerr wins the Keilor Gift inside even time". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 13 February 1950. p. 16. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  5. ↑ "Laurie Kerr - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "1950 - Switches by North Kerr chosen by Carlton". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956). 14 July 1950. p. 32. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  7. ↑ "Laurie Kerr". Blueseum - Online Carlton Football Club Museum. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  8. ↑ "1948 - FAVOURITES FOR STAWELL GIFT". Sunday Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1926 - 1954). 28 March 1948. p. 9. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  9. ↑ "1948 - BRUDENALL WINS STAWELL GIFT". Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954). 30 March 1948. p. 4. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  10. ↑ "1948 - Kerr wins big Bendigo sprint". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956). 31 March 1948. p. 16. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
  11. ↑ "1948 - 19-Yr-Old Journalist Wins Gift At Bendigo". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 1 April 1948. p. 12. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
  12. ↑ "1950 - "GIFT GATE £1607"". Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW : 1934 - 1935; 1938 - 1954). 31 January 1950. p. 1. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  13. ↑ "1950 - EWELL'S FAST GIFT SPRINT". Daily Mirror (Sydney, NSW : 1941 - 1955). 31 January 1950. p. 30. Retrieved 1 January 2026.