Former Saint Sam Loxton Passes away

[mcadam05]

Sad to Tell of the passing of Sam Loxton last night Aged 90

Born - 29 March 1921 Died - 02 December 2011


" Although he is remembered more for his efforts as a Test Cricketer,Loxton was also a fine full-forward who had a great goal sense.He moved fluently and was a long kick who once booted eight goals in a game.In 1944 headed the Saints goalkicking with 52 and ran second in the best and fairest.

The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers Holmesby/Main 2004

[BigMart]

Fair cricketer to....

RIP

[St Loxton]

R.I.P Sammy. Absolute gentleman in every sense. Generosily shared his wisdom and colourful stories with anyone who showed interest.
R.I.P Old mate.

[mcadam05]

R.I.P Sammy. Absolute gentleman in every sense. Generosily shared his wisdom and colourful stories with anyone who showed interest.
R.I.P Old mate.

Did he ever talk about his time at the Saints?

[St Loxton]

R.I.P Sammy. Absolute gentleman in every sense. Generosily shared his wisdom and colourful stories with anyone who showed interest.
R.I.P Old mate.

Did he ever talk about his time at the Saints?

He was a 1st and 2nd grade cricket umpire on the gold coast for quite a while, always up for a chat during the breaks in play and always stuck around the clubhouse after the days play wherever he umpired.
I did mention to him a couple of times i was a St Kilda fan and asked about his time as a saint, and he said footy was something he always loved but never took it as seriously as he did his cricket. Just loved competitive sport and the social aspect of being in a club.

[Saint Bev]

How very sad. He was a true gentleman and a beautiful person. We had the pleasure of having him as our guest speaker at one of our earlier functions. Everyone fell in love with him and his lovely wife Jo. Wonderful people. He had a sad life though. He lost his darling wife in a tragic accident several years ago and the same day he lost his son from shark attach.

RIP Sammy you are a true legend and hold a place in our hearts.

[Enrico_Misso]

Very sad.

Great cricketer,
great footballer,
great politician,
great administrator,
great person.

Just two invicibles left!

[saintbrat]

http://www.saints.com.au/news/newsartic ... fault.aspx
[quote]“We were doing sprints across the ground at St Kilda and you wouldn’t want to believe it, I went down in one of those sprinkler holes in the middle. That was the end of me. They carried me off and took the boot off and it swelled up immediately.â€

[Rosco]

Was a gun allrounder, averaged 51 with the bat and 21 with the ball on the unbeaten 1948 invincables tour of England. Only Keith Miller kept him out of more tests.

[bergsone]

Was a gun allrounder, averaged 51 with the bat and 21 with the ball on the unbeaten 1948 invincables tour of England. Only Keith Miller kept him out of more tests.

One saint keeping another saint out

For what its worth,my father once told me he was a very good player for the saints

[battye]

Cricinfo has a nice write-up about Sam Loxton as well: http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/c ... 43529.html

RIP

[samuraisaint]

I remember reading an article in the old Herald back in the 80s about Loxton kicking a very big bag of goals against somebody - Geelong? South?
Does anyone recollect this?

[matrix]

I remember reading an article in the old Herald back in the 80s about Loxton kicking a very big bag of goals against somebody - Geelong? South?
Does anyone recollect this?

bit before my time but the stats say you are correct samurai
he dobbed 8 against the cats in 1946

http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/play ... oxton.html

[Dan Warna]

st kilda, producing legends of cricket from time immemorial...

we should get an CA grant FFS.

That said, another legend of Australia passes away and will be remembered in the annals of history without a doubt.