fullname heightweight death_date death_place years birth_place statsend originalteam birth_date sooteams article_title name
stuart gilchrist stewart 185 cm / 83 kg 26 april 1979 rocklea , queensland 1926 -- 1935 hamilton , victoria 1935 ararat 26 april 1907 victoria stuart stewart
 stuart stewart
stuart stewart

stuart gilchrist stewart -lrb- 26 april 1907 -- 26 april 1979 -rrb- was an australian rules footballer who played with in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- .
born in hamilton to francis william stewart and margaret mary gilchrist laidlaw , stewart joined hawthorn from ararat at the commencement of the 1926 vfl season .
hard working , energetic and combative , stewart was one of the best and most consistent players to represent hawthorn during their inaugural decade in the vfl , being awarded 25 brownlow medal votes during his career .
equally at home across half back or in the ruck , stewart was renowned for his ability to bring down high-flying marks seemingly regardless of the risk .
he represented victoria on 5 occasions .
in 1936 , stewart became playing-coach of the hawthorn seconds .
in 1934 he married beatrice florence bardon and in the early 1950s they moved to brisbane where they lived until his death in 1979 .
