Laurie Sandilands

Laurie Sandilands
Personal information
Birth	30 April 1949 (1949-04-30) (age 62)
Recruited from	West Footscray
Height and weight	188 cm / 87 kg
Playing career¹
Team(s)	Footscray (1966–77) 160 games, 228 goals Collingwood (1978) 4 games, 6 goals Total – 164 games, 234 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 1978 season

Laurie Sandilands (born 30 April 1949) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Sandilands was a key position forward and topped Footscray's goalkicking every season from 1972 to 1975. His best season tally was 50 goals which he kicked in 1974. Sandilands also captained the club that season and he remained in charge for a further two seasons. In 1978, he moved to Collingwood and played with the Magpies for one season.

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Laurie Sandilands's statistics from AFL Tables

Captains of the Footscray Football Club/Western Bulldogs

1925: McCarthy • 1926: McCarthy/Hopkins • 1927–1928: Scanlan • 1929–1930: Hopkins • 1931–1932: Cubbins • 1933: McAlpine • 1934: Cubbins/Morrison • 1935: Morrison • 1936: Penberthy • 1937: Dockendorff/Morrison • 1938–1939: Evans • 1940–1942: Ware • 1943–1946: Olliver • 1947: Hickey • 1948–1950: Olliver • 1951–1955: Sutton • 1956: Sutton/Donald • 1957: Stevens/Whitten • 1958–1969: Whitten • 1970: Whitten/Magee • 1971–1972: Dempsey • 1973: Thorpe • 1974–1976: Sandilands • 1977–1978: Dempsey • 1979–1981: Jennings • 1982: Templeton • 1983–1985: Edmond • 1986–1988: Kennedy • 1989: Wallis • 1990–1993: Hawkins • 1994–2000: Wynd • 2001–2004: Grant • 2005–2006: Darcy • 2007–2010: Johnson • 2011–: Boyd

Western Bulldogs • Leading Goalkickers

1925: Hopkins • 1926: Chapple/Hopkins • 1927: Chapple • 1928: Morrison • 1929: Morrison • 1930: Morrison • 1931: Morrison • 1932: Dayman • 1933: Rait • 1934: Morrison • 1935: Jack Ryan • 1936: Olliver • 1937: Olliver • 1938: Luke • 1939: Page • 1940: Page • 1941: A. Collins • 1942: Ware • 1943: A. Collins • 1944: Wood • 1945: Joe Ryan • 1946: Wood • 1947: Wood • 1948: Wood • 1949: Olliver • 1950: Wood • 1951: Sutton/Linton • 1952: Duffy • 1953: J. Collins • 1954: J. Collins • 1955: J. Collins • 1956: Cross • 1957: J. Collins • 1958: J. Collins • 1959: Baxter • 1960: Baxter • 1961: Whitten • 1962: Whitten • 1963: Bisset/Hobbs • 1964: Bisset/Whitten • 1965: Hobbs • 1966: Jackman • 1967: Bisset • 1968: Whitten • 1969: Bisset • 1970: Bisset • 1971: Quinlan • 1972: Sandilands • 1973: Sandilands • 1974: Sandilands • 1975: Sandilands • 1976: Templeton • 1977: Templeton • 1978: Templeton • 1979: Templeton • 1980: Templeton • 1981: Edmond/Loveless • 1982: Beasley • 1983: Beasley • 1984: Beasley • 1985: Beasley • 1986: Beasley • 1987: Beasley • 1988: Beasley • 1989: Campbell • 1990: Grant • 1991: Hawkins • 1992: Del-Re • 1993: Del-Re • 1994: Grant • 1995: Osborne • 1996: Watts • 1997: Minton-Connell • 1998: Hudson • 1999: Hudson • 2000: Smith • 2001: Johnson • 2002: Brown • 2003: Brown • 2004: Darcy/Rawlings • 2005: Johnson • 2006: Johnson • 2007: Johnson • 2008: Johnson • 2009: Akermanis • 2010: Hall • 2011: Hall

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Name	Sandilands, Laurie
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Date of birth	30 April 1949
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