Clarrie Lethlean

Clarrie Lethlean
Personal information
Full name	Clarence Lloyd Lethlean
Date of birth	12 July 1900
Place of birth	Port Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death	18 July 1969(1969-07-18) (aged 69)
Place of death	Melbourne, Victoria
Original team(s)	Oakleigh
Height / weight	182 cm / 84 kg
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1921 1925–1927 Total	Melbourne Hawthorn	09 0(0) 43 (18) 52 (18)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1927.

Clarence Lloyd "Clarrie" Lethlean (12 July 1900 – 18 July 1969) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Lethlean, who started his career at Oakleigh,^[1] made nine appearances for Melbourne in the 1921 VFL season.^[2][3] He switched clubs during the 1922 season, joining Hawthorn in the Victorian Football Association. In 1925 he made a return to the VFL, with Hawthorn entering the competition.^[3] An in-and-out 1925 season as a forward turned around when Lethlean was placed in defence and used as a relief follower. His bulk, guile and tenacity made him well suited to the role, and he became a key contributor over the next few seasons. Lethlean was elected captain of the side in 1927, where he gave good service as a ruckman during an injury crisis, despite missing four games through suspension. The 1927 VFL season was his final year at Hawthorn.^[4]

Clarrie Lethlean married Elva Margaret Roemus in 1925^[5] and they had three sons together. In 1928 they moved to Perenjori, Western Australia to become farmers,^[6] but returned to Victoria about five years later after his brother's tragic shooting death.^[7] Lethlean worked as a public servant after his return to Victora and was living in East Malvern at the time of his death in 1969.

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