Dave Coutts
South Melbourne
AFL career
5 games0 goals
- Debut
- R2 1930 v STK10 May 1930
- Most recent
- R10 1930 v FIT5 July 1930
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Bio
Dave Coutts was a mature-age recruit who arrived at South Melbourne from Daylesford and the State Savings Bank amateur side. Making his debut at 25 years of age during the 1930 season, he joined a Bloods outfit that was enduring a difficult period and finishing near the foot of the ladder. Coutts was brought in to provide immediate depth but struggled to impact the game at the highest level, failing to trouble the scorers across his five senior appearances. He was unable to cement a regular spot in the starting eighteen and his brief tenure at the Lakeside Oval served as a quiet prelude to the club's aggressive "Foreign Legion" recruitment drive that transformed the side shortly after his departure.
Profile
- Born
- 05 Mar 1905
- Died
- 14 Aug 1956 (aged 51y 162d)
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Bio
1 revisionDave Coutts was a mature-age recruit who arrived at South Melbourne from Daylesford and the State Savings Bank amateur side. Making his debut at 25 years of age during the 1930 season, he joined a Bloods outfit that was enduring a difficult period and finishing near the foot of the ladder. Coutts was brought in to provide immediate depth but struggled to impact the game at the highest level, failing to trouble the scorers across his five senior appearances. He was unable to cement a regular spot in the starting eighteen and his brief tenure at the Lakeside Oval served as a quiet prelude to the club's aggressive "Foreign Legion" recruitment drive that transformed the side shortly after his departure.