Don Laffin

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Glenelg Career Highlights
GFC League Player Number: 322 GFC League Debut: Round 11, 1946 Glenelg 1946 – 1955 136 games 83 goals Played in 1950 losing Grand Final side
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* Stats current to end of 1955

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Don Laffin was neither the tidiest nor most spectacular of footballers, and frequently overshadowed by his partner in the ruck Allan Crabb, nevertheless he was always wholehearted and honest in his approach to the game.

Laffin gave Glenelg consistently useful service over the course of a ten season career that ran from 1946 to 1955. During that time he played a total of 136 SANFL games, including the losing grand final of 1950 against Norwood, and booted 83 goals. In a clash with Norwood at the Parade in 1949 he lived out the dream of every league footballer when he capped a remarkable last gasp Tiger recovery by kicking the winning goal of the match right on the siren.

References

1. Pride of the Bay

2. Full Points Footy