Doug Beasy

Douglas Edward Beasy (16 April 1930 – 12 May 2013) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Doug Beasy
Personal information
Full name	Douglas Edward Beasy
Date of birth	(1930-04-16)16 April 1930
Place of birth	Dunolly, Victoria
Date of death	12 May 2013(2013-05-12) (aged 83)
Place of death	Mildura, Victoria
Original team(s)	Dunolly
Debut	Round 1, 1951, Carlton vs. Hawthorn, at Princes Park
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1951–1959	Carlton	129 (124)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1959.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Beasy made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in the Round 1 of the 1951 season. He won Carlton's best and fairest award in 1956.^[1] He left the Blues at the end of the 1959 season.

He was captain-coach of Victorian Football Association (VFA) club Box Hill from 1960 to 1962, winning the J. J. Liston Trophy as best and fairest player in the VFA in 1961. In all he played 49 games and scored 41 goals for Box Hill.

He is the son of former Carlton player Maurie Beasy^[2] and the great-uncle of Hawthorn player Brendan Whitecross.^[3]

Outside of football, Beasy was a primary teacher and later a school principal. He was involved in Rotary, his church and the establishment of a men's shed in Mildura. He died on 12 May 2013 after a short illness.^[3]

References

1. "James didn't win this one". The Argus. Melbourne. 28 August 1956. p. 15. Retrieved 14 May 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
2. "He's following in Dad's footsteps". The Argus. Melbourne. 27 April 1951. p. 13. Retrieved 14 May 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
3. De Bolfo, Tony (13 May 2013). "1956 Club Champion Doug Beasy dies".

External links

• Doug Beasy at Blueseum
• Doug Beasy's playing statistics from AFL Tables