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Gordon Sawley Personal information Full name Gordon Harold "Gertie" Sawley Date of birth 28 June 1913 Date of death 6 June 1945 (aged 31)Place of death over Scotland Original team Norwood Height/Weight 179cm / 73.5kg Playing career1 Years Club Games (Goals) 1941 South Melbourne 7 (8) 1 Playing statistics to end of 1941 season .Gordon Sawley was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He joined the VFL while on RAAF duties, and was killed in a training accident over Scotland.
Sources
- Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
- Gordon Sawley's statistics from AFL Tables
- http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran.asp?ServiceID=R&VeteranID=1062651
Categories:- 1913 births
- 1945 deaths
- Australian rules footballers from South Australia
- Sydney Swans players
- Norwood Football Club players
- Australian military personnel killed in World War II
- Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II
- Australian rules biography stubs
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