Happy 80th birthday to Max Ellis today.
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From the Blueseum:
Career: 1956
Debut: Round 2, 1956 v Melbourne, aged 22 years, 252 days
Carlton Player No.: 700
Games: 2
Goals: 0
Last game: Round 3, 1956 v St Kilda, aged 22 years, 259 days
Guernsey No. 21 (1956).
Height: 170cm
Weight: 70kg
DOB: 13 August 1933
Recruited from South Bendigo and aged almost 23 on his senior debut, Max Ellis wore guernsey 21 in his only two appearances for the Blues in 1956.
Photo: Max is pictured in the 1954 South Bendigo premiership team. (Courtesy of the South Bendigo Football & Netball Club)