Max George is a former Australian rules football

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er who played in three states, for Fitzroy

Fitzroy Football Club

The Fitzroy Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Lions, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897...

 of the Victorian Football League

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 (VFL), Swans Districts

Swan Districts Football Club

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 and Central District.

George had a strong start to his VFL career, kicking five goals on his debut, against Essendon at Waverley

Waverley Park

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, setting a new club record. He followed it up with a four goal haul when Fitzroy took on Richmond the subsequent weekend and finished the year with 20 goals.

Before arriving at Fitzroy for his single season stint, George played with Swans Districts

Swan Districts Football Club

The Swan Districts Football Club, nicknamed the Swans, is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League . The club is based at Bassendean Oval, in Bassendean, an eastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia...

 in the West Australian Football League

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 (WAFL). A full-forward, he topped their goalkicking in 1969, 1973 and 1974. His tally of 90 goals in 1974 was also enough to win him the league's Leading Goalkicker Trophy

Bernie Naylor Medal

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, the first Swan Districts player to do so. During the season he put in one particularly memorable performance against West Perth when he kicked 14 goals. George, who took many good overhead marks, represented Western Australia in three interstate matches, for 11 goals, and was in their squad for the 1975 Knockout Carnival

1975 Knockout Carnival

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. In 1977 he took the field for Geraldton and then crossed to Central District in South Australia.

The full-forward spent three seasons at Central and was their leading goalkicker in 1978 with 68 goals.