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    Stuart Magee    

Number:

  23  

Height:

  174

Weight:

  75.5

Birthday:

  1944

Period on list:

  1968 to 1975

Senior Games:

  132

Goals:

  76

Disposals:

   

Recruited From:

  South Melbourne, Altona
Honours:  

Captain of the club 1970. Nominated for Team of the Century. Played in the final against Collingwood in 1974.
         
    Ireland-born centreman and rover Stuart Magee had a chequered senior career which belied not only his considerable skill but also the renowned ‘luck of the Irish’. Two years after representing the VFL at the 1966 Hobart carnival he was unceremoniously dumped by South Melbourne as not being good enough to warrant a place in their perennially underachieving team.  
         
    Footscray could however see that he was a very good player and moved quickly to get him on the team. He was creative, highly skilled and a fitness fanatic.

Stewie then re-built his League career at the Western Oval adding 132 games to the 85 he had amassed at South.

When the great Ted Whitten retired midway through the 1970 season Stewie was given the high honour of becoming the skipper for the remainder of the season.  He continued to provide Footscray with sterling service for another 5 seasons before moving to Swan Districts as captain coach in 1976. However, injury soon brought his playing career to an end.

At his best, Stuart Magee was a player of the highest calibre who perhaps serves to remind us that ability and dedication alone are not always sufficient to ensure success; you also need that indefinable quality of good fortune which no amount of determination can manufacture.

    
         
    He had a hamstring injury in 1974 that kept him out for 12 matches. He was usually amongst the goal kickers. Had a great short but very accurate kick.    
         
         
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