Lerrel Sharp

Australian rules footballer (1933–2020)

Australian rules footballer
Lerrel Sharp
Personal information
Full name Lerrel Keith Sharp
Date of birth (1933-06-06)6 June 1933
Date of death 15 December 2020(2020-12-15) (aged 87)
Original team(s) Scottsdale (NTFA)
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1953–1959 Collingwood 87 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1959.
Career highlights
  • Collingwood premiership side 1953
  • Collingwood Victorian representative 3 times
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Lerrel Keith Sharp (6 June 1933 – 15 December 2020) was an Australian rules footballer, who played for Scottsdale and North Launceston in the Northern Tasmanian Football Association (NTFL) and Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

He began his senior career with Scottsdale in the Northern Tasmanian Football Association.[1] After a number of years at Collingwood Sharp returned to Tasmania and played with North Launceston in the NTFA. He is an inductee in the AFL Tasmania Hall of Fame.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Lerrel Sharp". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Lerrel Sharp". AFL Tasmania Hall of Fame. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  • Lerrel Sharp's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  • Lerrel Sharp at AustralianFootball.com
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Collingwood Football Club 1953 VFL premiers
Collingwood 11.11 (77) defeated Geelong 8.17 (65), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
  • 1. L. Richards (c)
  • 2. Mann
  • 4. Batchelor
  • 5. Finck
  • 7. Hams
  • 9. Kingston
  • 10. Waites
  • 12. Healey
  • 17. Merrett
  • 14. Gooch
  • 16. Weideman
  • 18. Parker
  • 20. R. Richards
  • 22. B. Rose
  • 25. M. Twomey
  • 26. B. Twomey
  • 27. P. Twomey
  • 29. Sharp
  • 31. Waller
  • 33. W. Rose
Coach: Kyne
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1955 Sporting Life Team of the Year
Defenders
Forwards
  • Barry White (South Fremantle)
  • Ray Poulter (Richmond)
  • Thorold Merrett (Collingwood)
  • Followers
  • John Marriott (Norwood)
  • Denis Cordner (Melbourne)
  • Bill Hutchison (Essendon)

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