Max Orr

Maxwell Charles Orr (9 January 1931 – 12 September 1955) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Max Orr
Personal information
Full name	Maxwell Charles Orr
Date of birth	9 January 1931
Place of birth	Ballarat, Victoria
Date of death	12 September 1955(1955-09-12) (aged 24)
Place of death	near Melton
Original team(s)	East Ballarat
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1952–1953	Melbourne	7 (4)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1953.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of Charles Walter Orr (1872-1953), and Marjorie Elizabeth Bartlett Orr (1900-1998), née Beames, Maxwell Charles Orr was born at Ballarat on 9 January 1931.

He married Helen Ivy Mills in 1950.^[2]

Football

Orr, a half forward, played junior football for East Ballarat, before arriving in Melbourne.^[3][4][5]

He made five appearances for Melbourne in the 1952 VFL season but played only two games the following year.^[6]

In 1954 he returned to the country and began playing for the Ballarat Football Club.

Cricket

While in the city he was also a wicket-keeper for the MCC.

Death

On 12 September 1955, Orr died in a car accident on the Western Highway, near Melton, on his way to his home in Creswick.

The panel van he was driving collided with a semi trailer. His father was injured; but Orr, who was due to play for Ballarat in a semi final later that week, was killed instantly.^[7][8][9]