Full name Austin Lewis Years Club | 1897–1903 Melbourne Name Austin Lewis | |
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Date of birth (1870-05-26)26 May 1870 Date of death 19 September 1937(1937-09-19) (aged 67) | ||
Austin Lewis (26 May 1870 – 19 September 1937) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the VFA and Victorian Football League (VFL). He played in the 1900 premiership under the captaincy of Dick Wardill.
He made his VFL debut against South Melbourne in Round 1 of the 1897 VFL season, at the Lake Oval, having played 113 matches in the VFA. He has been given the Melbourne Heritage Number of 7, based on the order of his VFL/AFL debut for the club.
His total of 192 matches for Melbourne remained a record until broken by Percy Beams in 1940.
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