Max Blumfield

Max Blumfield
Personal information
Full name	Max Blumfield
Date of birth	4 August 1922
Date of death	20 September 2011(2011-09-20) (aged 89)
Place of death	Melbourne, Victoria
Original team	Elsternwick Amateurs
Height/Weight	174 cm / 61 kg
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1943-46	South Melbourne	21 (11)
1 Playing statistics to end of 1946 season .

Max Blumfield (4 August 1922 – 20 September 2011) was an Australian rules footballer who played for South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s.

Blumfield, from Elsternwick Amateurs, debuted at South Melbourne midway through the 1943 VFL season and was a regular fixture in the side for the rest of the year. After spending a lot of time in the reserves the following season, Blumfield played only one senior match in 1945, the Semi Final win over Collingwood, but he wasn't selected for the subsequent Grand Final. The uncle of Justin Blumfield, he could then only manage three VFL appearances in 1946 and left for Prahran. Blumfield then re-emerged as a field umpire and officiated in 37 matches from 1951 to 1954.

An accountant, Blumfield ran his own furnishing business for many years.

He died peacefully in his sleep at the Austin Hospital, Melbourne, on 20 September 2011 at 89 years of age.

References

• Max Blumfield's statistics from AFL Tables
• Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

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Name	Blumfield, Max
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Short description
Date of birth	4 August 1922
Place of birth
Date of death	20 September 2011
Place of death	Melbourne, Victoria