Clarrie Lethlean

Clarence Lloyd "Clarrie" Lethlean (12 July 1900 – 18 July 1969) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family The sixth of eight children born to Alexander Lethlean (1868–1943) and Emily Lethlean (1869–1943), nee Prisk, Clarence Lloyd Lethlean was born at Port Melbourne on 12 July 1900.

Clarrie Lethlean married Elva Margaret Roemus in 1925 and they had three sons together.

Football Lethlean, who started his career at Oakleigh, made nine appearances for Melbourne in the 1921 VFL season. He switched clubs during the 1922 season, joining Hawthorn in the Victorian Football Association. In 1925 he made a return to the VFL, with Hawthorn entering the competition.

Later life In 1928 Lethlean and his family moved to Perenjori, Western Australia to become farmers, but returned to Victoria about five years later after his brother's death.

Lethlean worked as a public servant after his return to Victoria and was living in East Malvern at the time of his death in 1969.

He was cremated at Springvale Botanical Cemetery on 22 July 1969.

Honours and achievements Individual Hawthorn captain: 1927