Max Pitchford

Max Pitchford
Max Pitchford
Personal information
Full name	Lewis McComb Pitchford
Date of birth	11 June 1903
Place of birth	Mornington, Victoria
Date of death	25 July 1969 (aged 66)
Place of death	Hobart, Tasmania
Original team(s)	St Patrick's FC, Albury. O&MFL
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Position(s)	Ruck / Forward
Playing career1
Years	Club
1927–30	North Melbourne
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1930.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Lewis McComb Pitchford (11 June 1903 – 25 July 1969) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Football

Originally playing with Mornington,^[2] Pitchford trialled with Fitzroy in 1923^[3] before playing with St Patricks in Albury in 1926.^[4]

Pitchford moved to North Melbourne in 1927^[5] and played 51 games over the next four seasons for the club.

In 1931 he was appointed as captain-coach of Ballarat Imperials Football Club.^[6]

Pitchford later served in the Australian Army during World War II.^[7]

Pitchford died in Hobart on 25 July 1969 and is buried at Cornelian Bay Cemetery.^[8]

^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 708. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
^ "The Umpire's Whistle". Frankston And Somerville Standard. No. 1599. Victoria, Australia. 30 June 1922. p. 4.
^ "A Player of Promise". Frankston And Somerville Standard. Vol. 35, no. 1672. Victoria, Australia. 18 April 1923. p. 5.
^ "Ovens and Murray". Weekly Times. No. 2958. Victoria, Australia. 8 May 1926. p. 90.
^ "Many Country Footballers Seeking inclusion in League Teams: Club Preparations". Weekly Times. No. 3006. Victoria, Australia. 9 April 1927. p. 81.
^ "Interesting Play at Ballarat". Weekly Times. No. 3319. Victoria, Australia. 9 May 1931. p. 53.
^ "World War II Roll: Lewis McComb Pitchford". Department of Veterans Affairs.
^ "Lewis McComb Pitchford". Find a Grave.