Lewis Blackmore
Essendon
AFL career
7 games10 goals
- Debut
- SR2 1905 v STK2 Sept 1905
- Most recent
- R2 1907 v MEL4 May 1907
Stats
1907 | ESS | 1 | 1.0 |
1906 | ESS | 3 | 1.0 |
1905 | ESS | 3 | 2.0 |
Bio
Lewis Blackmore was an Adelaide-born forward who found his way to Essendon via the elite Melbourne Grammar School, where he was recruited while still a student. The son of Edwin Blackmore, the first Clerk of the Federal Parliament, Lewis made an emphatic start to his league career in late 1905, booting four goals from five shots on debut against St Kilda. He retained his place for that year's finals campaign but struggled to cement a permanent spot in the senior lineup over the next two seasons while balancing his engineering studies at Melbourne University. After leaving football to work as a grazier in rural New South Wales, Blackmore enlisted in the AIF following the outbreak of the First World War. His legacy is defined by his service rather than his football; he was killed in action at Pozières in 1916, becoming one of the tragic number of VFL players who made the ultimate sacrifice.
Profile
- Born
- 21 May 1886
- Died
- 23 July 1916 (aged 30y 63d)
- Birthplace
- Adelaide, SA
- Deathplace
- Pozieres, France
Teams
Bio
1 revisionLewis Blackmore was an Adelaide-born forward who found his way to Essendon via the elite Melbourne Grammar School, where he was recruited while still a student. The son of Edwin Blackmore, the first Clerk of the Federal Parliament, Lewis made an emphatic start to his league career in late 1905, booting four goals from five shots on debut against St Kilda. He retained his place for that year's finals campaign but struggled to cement a permanent spot in the senior lineup over the next two seasons while balancing his engineering studies at Melbourne University. After leaving football to work as a grazier in rural New South Wales, Blackmore enlisted in the AIF following the outbreak of the First World War. His legacy is defined by his service rather than his football; he was killed in action at Pozières in 1916, becoming one of the tragic number of VFL players who made the ultimate sacrifice.