Gary Lazarus (born 21 September 1945) is a former
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...
er who played with
Fitzroy in the
VFL during the 1960s.
Football
Fitzroy (VFL)
Lazarus came to Fitzroy straight from the thirds, without playing a single reserves game. He was used by Fitzroy mainly as a key forward and in the ruck. On four occasions, 1963, 1965, 1966 and 1967 he topped Fitzroy's goalkicking. He kicked a career high 39 goals in the 1966 season.
On 6 July 1963, playing at full-forward, and kicking four goals, he was a member of the young and inexperienced Fitzroy team that comprehensively and unexpectedly defeated
Geelong, 9.13 (67) to 3.13 (31) in the
1963 Miracle Match
The "Miracle Match" is the unofficial title given to the Round 10, 1963 Victorian Football League (VFL) home-and-away match played between Fitzroy and Geelong at Brunswick Street Oval in North Fitzroy on 6 July 1963. The game is most notabl ...
.
See also
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1963 Miracle Match
The "Miracle Match" is the unofficial title given to the Round 10, 1963 Victorian Football League (VFL) home-and-away match played between Fitzroy and Geelong at Brunswick Street Oval in North Fitzroy on 6 July 1963. The game is most notabl ...
References
* Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
External links
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1945 births
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Fitzroy Football Club players
Living people
20th-century Australian sportsmen