Chris Laird

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}

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{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Chris Laird

| image =

| fullname = Charles Norman Laird

| birth_date = {{birth date|1893|5|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ballarat, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|1968|12|14|1893|5|20|df=yes}}

| death_place = South Melbourne, Victoria

| originalteam = Paddington{{cite book|last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=9781920910785}}

| height = 180 cm

| weight = 73 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1922

| years1 = 1918–1922

| club1 = South Melbourne

| games_goals1 = 59 (99)

| careerhighlights =

}}

Charles Norman Laird (20 May 1893 – 14 December 1968) was an Australian rules footballer who played for South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Laird spent five seasons with South Melbourne and is best known for his performance in the 1918 VFL Grand Final. Playing in the forward pocket, Laird kicked three goals in the match including the match winner in the final minute when he soccered the ball through for a goal.Atkinson, p. 40. Earlier in the season, Laird kicked three goals in the last five minutes of the match to help South Melbourne defeat Carlton Football Club.

His twin brother Frank Laird also played for South Melbourne.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article164509590 |title=OLD PLAYERS TO FORM ASSOCIATION |newspaper=Record |location=Victoria, Australia |date=7 August 1954 |page=6}}