Laurie Slack was an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played with Geelong

Geelong Football Club

The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...

 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL).

Slack was a wingman, from East Geelong, who spent six seasons in the VFL. He was a member of Geelong's 1937 premiership team and had 15 kicks and seven marks in the grand final

1937 VFL Grand Final

The 1937 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 25 September 1937. It was the 41st annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine...

. Earlier in the seasons he missed four games through suspension for attempted stiking, ending a four year run where no Geelong player had fronted the tribunal. He remained a regular member of the side until 1940, when he was picked just once.