Claude Curtin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Claude Curtin

Australian rules footballer

Date of Birth: 04-Jul-1920

Place of Birth: Brunswick, Victoria, Australia

Date of Death: 13-Dec-1994

Profession: Australian rules footballer

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Claude Frederick Curtin (4 July 1920 – 13 December 1994) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the VFL. A full-forward, Curtin was the nephew of former Australian Prime Minister John Curtin.
He kicked over fifty goals in a season on four separate occasions, from 1940 to 1942 and in 1946.
In each of those seasons he topped Fitzroy's goalkicking.
He would have been a member of the club's 1944 premiership side had he not be away on war service. His grandson is former Hawthorn player and Carlton coach John Barker