Max Kruse (Australian footballer), Date of Birth
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About Max Kruse (Australian footballer)
- Max Kruse (born 29 October 1958) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the South Melbourne/Sydney in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Kruse was named after his father, Max Kruse, a former Prahran ruckman who represented the Victorian Football Association at the 1953 Adelaide Carnival.
- Kruse senior was appointed coach of New South Wales club Leeton in 1957 and his son was born the following year.A centre half-forward / centre half-back, Kruse joined South Melbourne in 1979 and played eight games that year, all from round 13.
- He made another nine appearances in 1980, then from 1981 to 1984 put together 53 consecutive games.
- A thigh injury in 1985 kept him out of the league team for much of the year and he played only three games.
- It would be Kruse's final season with the Swans, he then spent four years with Glenelg from 1986 to 1989, after moving to South Australia for business reasons.
- He was a member of Glenelg's 1986 premiership team.
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