Max Pitchford
{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1903}}
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{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Max Pitchford
| image =
| fullname = Lewis McComb Pitchford
| birth_date = {{birth date|1903|06|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = Mornington, Victoria
| death_date = {{death date and age|1969|07|25|1903|06|11|df=y}}
| death_place = Hobart, Tasmania
| originalteam = St Patrick's FC, Albury. O&MFL
| height = 188 cm
| weight = 79 kg
| position = Ruck / Forward
| statsend = 1930
| years1 = 1927–30
| club1 = {{AFL NM}}
| games_goals1 = 51 (15)
| careerhighlights =
}}
Lewis McComb Pitchford (11 June 1903 – 25 July 1969) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=708}}
Football
Originally playing with Mornington,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75950443 |title=The Umpire's Whistle. |newspaper=Frankston And Somerville Standard |issue=1599 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=30 June 1922 |page=4}} Pitchford trialled with Fitzroy in 1923{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75953408 |title=A Player of Promise. |newspaper=Frankston And Somerville Standard |volume=35 |issue=1672 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=18 April 1923 |page=5}} before playing with St Patricks in Albury in 1926.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223322219 |title=Ovens and Murray |newspaper=Weekly Times |issue=2958 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=8 May 1926 |page=90}}
Pitchford moved to North Melbourne in 1927{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222614317 |title=Many Country Footballers Seeking inclusion in League Teams: Club Preparations |newspaper=Weekly Times |issue=3006 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=9 April 1927 |page=81}} and played 51 games over the next four seasons for the club.
In 1931 he was appointed as captain-coach of Ballarat Imperials Football Club.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223331016 |title=Interesting Play at Ballarat |newspaper=Weekly Times |issue=3319 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=9 May 1931 |page=53}}
War service
Pitchford later served in the Australian Army during World War II.{{cite web |url=https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=779015&c=WW2 |title=World War II Roll: Lewis McComb Pitchford |publisher=Department of Veterans Affairs}}
Death
Pitchford died in Hobart on 25 July 1969 and is buried at Cornelian Bay Cemetery.{{cite web |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/212966500/lewis-mccomb-pitchford |title=Lewis McComb Pitchford |publisher=Find a Grave}}
Notes
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External links
- {{AFL Tables|ref=M/Max_Pitchford.html}}
- {{AustralianFootball|ref=max%2Bpitchford/4718}}
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Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Category:North Melbourne Football Club players
Category:Ballarat Imperial Football Club players
Category:Longford Football Club players
Category:Australian Army personnel of World War II
Category:People from Mornington, Victoria